Whole Wheat Cinnamon Log

Okay, the title for this is still a work in progress. WM thinks we should call it a loaf, but I think that just makes it another bread. To me, this recipe is a cinnamon roll, but way healthier. It's a whole wheat recipes so it's healthier bread and the filling is made out of things that are totally good for you, like rolled oats and applesauce! You can't call it a roll because it is not roll shaped, I don't like calling a loaf because it's more than that. So, I'm calling it a log. haha. Mine was definitely like a log in shape. Not a perfect shape, kind of lumpy and rectangularish. What do you think it should be?

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Log
Ingredients:
1 c. water
1 large egg
2 tbsp nut oil
1.5 c. bread flour
1.5 c. whole wheat flour
3 tbsp dry milk
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cardamon
1.5 tsp salt
2.5 tsp bread machine yeast
1 c. apple sauce
1.5 c. rolled oats
3 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp agave nectar (or more brown sugar if you don't have agave nectar)
copious amounts of cinnamon
sprinkle of ground cloves

Method:
Add water, egg, nut oil, both flours, dry milk, 2 tbsp brown sugar, cardamon, salt, and yeast in bread machine pan. Add them in the order listed.

Set your bread machine for its dough cycle. Let your bread machine do all the hard work for you.

When your dough cycle has about 10 minutes left, combine apple sauce, oats, 3 tbsp brown sugar, agave nectar, cinnamon to taste (the oats should look dark brown when you add lots of cinnamon!), and a dash of cloves in a bowl.

Preheat the oven to 350.

When bread machine is done, flour a clean surface and roll out bread into a rounded rectangle shape. This doesn't need to be perfect. Make sure to keep it at least 1/4" thick in most places.

Spread the oat mixture on the rolled out bread.

Roll bread over itself until your spread loaf is all rolled up.

Pinch the edges up to the top so the filling doesn't come out the sides in your bread pan. At this point, your log may look kind of like a present with pinched up edges.

Set in greased bread pan and allow to rise till the bread is almost as tall as the bread pan.

Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. The internal temperature of the bread should read at least 190 degrees when it's baked.

Gently flip the baked bread out of its pan and cool on a cooling rack.

Cut and enjoy!

Yummy and healthy!

Italian Herb Bread

To all my facebook friends who wanted this recipe, here it is. For those of you not on facebook, this is a delicious bread recipe. After being in my border town for so long, I get these cravings for my favorite restaurant food. Unfortunately, most of these restaurants are three and a half hours away. So, occasionally I find a recipe that satisfies one of those cravings. By chance, I have found another one of those recipes. One of my favorite restaurant items is the starter bread at Carrabba's Italian Grill. So good. I was trying a new bread machine recipe out and it tasted exactly the same. So, for those of you Carrabba's junkies, try this out.

Italian Herb Bread

Ingredients:
1 c. + 3 tbsp warm water
3/4 tsp olive oil
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp dry milk
4 tsp (or however much you want to use) italian seasoning
3 c. bread flour
1 tbsp bread machine yeast

Method:
Set your bread machine on the Super Rapid Cycle and enjoy!!!
If you don't want to cook your bread in the bread machine, feel free to take it out after the last knead cycle and let it rise in a greased bread pan while your oven heats up to 350 degrees.
Bake for 45 minutes or until the interior of the bread registers 190 degrees on a thermometer. The bread should be light in color.