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Cranberry & Pumpkin Seed Cob

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2 Reviews

Total Time
3h 5m
Prep Time
2h 30m
Bake Time
35m
Makes 1
Makes 1
easy
Easy

About the bake

The handsome Cranberry and Pumpkin Seed Cobb bakes with a beautiful golden crust and is bursting with great flavours and textures.

Beginners can simply follow our six-step guide using Allinson wholemeal dough. We love a cheeky slice of this pumpkin seed bread for breakfast, but it also makes a great gift for friends.

Confident bakers might also like our Chocolate and Pistachio Breakfast Wreath recipe, made with Allinson Sweet Dough. We knew our mums were right when they told us breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

9 ingredients6 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      MIX

      Mix the flours, yeast and salt in a big bowl. Mix together the melted butter, sugar and water, then mix in with a cutlery knife.

    2. Step 2

      KNEAD

      Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer). 

    3. Step 3

      RISE

      Lightly grease the mixing bowl with some oil. Put the dough back in, cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave to rise until doubled in size.

    4. Step 4

      SHAPE Knock back the dough by gently kneading in the dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds until well distributed through the dough. Shape into a round on a flour dusted baking sheet and dust the top of the loaf with some more flour.

    5. Step 5

      PROVE

      Cover the dough again with a clean tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size again. Preheat your oven to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6).

    6. Step 6

      BAKE

      Flour a small, sharp knife and slash the top of the loaf in a chequerboard pattern. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until when you tap the base of the loaf it sounds hollow. Cool on a wire rack.

    Ingredients

    • For the dough

      • 400gVery strong wholemeal bread flour 
      • 100gAllinson's Strong white bread flour 
      • 1Easy bake yeast sachet ((7g)) 
      • 1.5 tspSalt 
      • 50gButter (melted) 
      • 1 tbspBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 300mlWarm water 
    • For the topping

      • 75gDried cranberries 
      • 30gPumpkin seeds 

    Nutritional information per 55g serving

    • Energy 162cal
    • Fat 4.1g
    • of which Saturates 1.9g
    • Carbohydrates 24g
    • of which Sugars 4.3g
    • Protein 5.3g
    • Salt 0.47g

    2 Baker Ratings

    Worked well on the first try and tastes good too. Makes a very big loaf and unless you have a family who will devour it in short time, I’d suggest dividing the dough in two; this is what I’ll do next time.

    Also there are rather a lot of pumpkin seeds and although I ground some up and included them with the flour, I think I’ll grind even more next time. And there will be a next time.

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    i love this loaf, i've made 2 so far!
    to be fair though i've only made the Naan recipe and this one but i plan to make some of the others too.

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