Cranberry and Pecan Sourdough Bread
Delicious Cranberry and Pecan Sourdough Bread made with lightly sweetened cranberries and
pecans. Great for holiday morning breakfast. I used frozen you can use fresh too
Prep Time1 day d
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Total Time1 day d 50 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Sourdough
Servings: 12 serving
Calories: 204kcal
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)
For Leaven
- 75 g Bread flour
- 25 g Multigrain flour
- 25 g active sourdough starter
- 100 g water
For the dough
- 200 g bread flour
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- 210 g leaven
- 300 g water
- ¼ cup pecan
- 9 g salt
For Cranberries
- 124 g cranberries
- 76 g Maple syrup
- 49 g water
Prepare Levan
Mix all the ingredients for leaven and set aside for about 6 hours.
Prepare Cranberries
In a saucepan add water and maple syrup and add cranberries and cook for 8 minutes. Then strain and use it if you want more sweetened cranberries don’t add any water and use only maple syrup.
Autolysis and bread dough
When leaven is ready mix with flour mix, salt to form as shaggy dough.
Set aside for another 30 minutes then fold in cranberries to the dough and fold the dough at 2 one-hour interval and then laminate the dough for another 1 hour and coil fold the dough 1-hour interval for next two hours and then shape the dough.
Once you shaped the dough transfer to banneton and set aside refrigerator for cold ferment for 12 hours.
Next morning pre-heat oven to 475. Score the dough and transfer the dough into cold Dutch oven.
Bake it in a pre-heated oven for 475 F for 20 min. Then reduce the temp to 450F for another 20 minutes Then remove the lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes.
Enjoy with your favorite jam or fruit spread.
Tips to remember
When using frozen cranberries, you don’t need to add any extra water. This will give more sweetness to your cranberries.
IF using fresh ones use only 1-2 tablespoon water along with sweetener.
If you want a barely sweetened cranberries follow this method.
You can interchange nuts, go for walnuts or pistachios.
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg