Outback Bread Recipe (Sweet Molasses Bread)
Make the best Outback Bread copycat and enjoy a delicious loaf without leaving your home! Tender and rich in flavor, this sweet molasses bread is made with simple ingredients and requires no fancy equipment.
Servings: 4 small loaves
Calories: 728kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup vegan honey or maple syrup
- 2 tablespoon molasses
- 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon oil
- cornmeal for dusting and topping
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients: all-purpose and whole wheat flour, salt, cocoa powder and yeast.
- Add wet ingredients: lukewarm water, oil, vegan honey or maple syrup and molasses. Mix until dough is formed.
- After dough is formed, knead for 8 to 10 minutes if using a stand mixer, 12 to 15 minutes if doing by hand. When ready, dough will feel tacky, smooth. If using a stand mixer, dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl, but not at your fingers.
- Cover dough with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let it rise until it doubles. It will take about 1 hour and a half. Remember to leave it in a warm spot.
- After the first rise, deflate dough. Flour the surface you’ll be working on. Divide dough into 4 pieces.
- Using your hands or a rolling pin, open each piece in a rectangle. Roll into a cylinder and pinch to close.
- Place rolls in a lined baking sheet, lightly coating the bottom with cornmeal (if using). Leave some space between them as they will get bigger.
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let rise for 40 minutes more or until rolls almost double, and look puffy and light.
- Just before baking, you can top the rolls lightly with cornmeal for more texture.
- Baking. Preheat oven to 350°F. Uncover loaves and bake them for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Let loaves cool for 20 minutes before slicing. Store rolls in an airtight container or sealed bag after cooled.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitutions
Use cocoa powder, don't substitute coca powder for hot chocolate mix.
You can use light molasses for a more mild, sweet flavor, or dark molasses, for a stronger, less sweet bread.
You can substitute molasses for dark corn syrup.
Bread Shaping Variations
Sweet Molasses Dinner Rolls:
After the first rise, divide the dough into 8 (large), 12 (medium) or 18 (small) pieces. Shape each one into a ball by stretching dough over itself and pinching the edges together, and place them into a lined baking dish.
Sweet Molasses Loaf:
Using a loaf pan. Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces. Shape each piece, folding the dough over itself until getting a tight ball. Arrange shaped dough into the lined loaf pan.
Using baking sheet. Open the dough in a rectangle using your hands or a rolling pin. Roll it over itself into a cylinder and pinch to close.
Tips
Remember to use all ingredients at room temperature.
Use lukewarm water. That's specially important in winter/cold months.
Leave it to rise in a warm spot. Cold spots may affect negatively fermentation, slowing it down or stopping it completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 728kcal | Carbohydrates: 145g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 894mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 29g