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Nordic Walnut Bread (The Best Recipe)

Published: Nov 13, 2017 · Modified: May 16, 2021 · About 5 minutes to read this article. · By Kim Nielsen

Simpe and very delicious walnut bread. Serve it with a good slice of cheese and some homemade jam. 
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Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

I love bread and I love to experimenting in the kitchen to come up with new and interesting recipes for new types of bread. This recipe I am sharing here in this blog post, is a recipe for a great walnut bread. It is not that this walnut bread is really special or fancy in anyway - it is just that I think it is super delicious and tasteful. I think the great thing about this bread is that it has a little sweetness from honey, and together with the crisp walnuts and the great taste from the malt and whole grain flour, this is one of my all-time favorite.

I personally like to serve this bread fresh together with some good cheese, preferably blue cheese or maybe together with some homemade jam. I have some simple and super delicious recipes for homemade jam posted here on my blog.

This walnut bread is partly made from whole grain flour and of cause walnuts; this makes it a nice and filling bread, which is a healthy alternative to regular white toast bread. The malt flour gives a wonderful color and a little, but delicious, burned flavor to the bread. Malt flour is made from germinated cereal grains, which has been dried using hot air. This process brings a fantastic flavor to the flour and is therefore perfect to use in bread.

Twisted Bread

As said above, this bread is not special. However, this is probably not entirely true. Another thing, which maybe makes this walnut bread a little special, is the way it is shaped. Instead of just pouring the dough into a normal bread pan, I have made a twisted bread. In order to get this special shape of the bread requires several steps, which all are really easy to preform once you get the feeling of it. You start by dividing all the dough into six equally sized pieces and roll them into long 'sausages' about 25-30 cm (10 inch) long. This will approximately be the length of the baked bread. Then you make two braided breads using three of the 'sausages' for each. Finally, you twist the two braided breads together into one large bread. Fold the two ends underneath the bread. You can follow my picture guide below.

The great thing about twisting the bread, as described above, is that it gets a beautiful top and a little but nice color variation on the inside. It is therefore a tasteful and beautiful bread, which is perfect to be served when having guests.

How to make Nordic Walnut bread

This bread is easy to make and it normally takes less than 15 minutes of working time. Of course, you have to account for the raising time, which is about 1.5 hours totally, and the baking time, which is about 30-35 minutes.

You start by dissolving the fresh yeast in the lukewarm water. If you use dry yeast, you should use the instructions on the label - typically, you just mix the dry yeast with the flour. Then you add the honey, the three types of flour, walnuts and salt and knead/mix it all into a sticky dough. I normally uses my hands but a kitchen machine can be used with advantage. The kneading time is about 10 minutes. In the beginning, the dough seems too 'wet' but after the kneading time it should be nice and smooth. After the kneading; set the dough a side somewhere warm and let it rise for about one hour.

Divide the dough into six pieces and twist it as described in the section higher up on this page. Let the twisted bread rise for another 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 C (400 F) and sprinkle a little water inside the hot oven before putting the bread inside. This water will evaporate and help making the bread nice on the outside. Bake the bread for about 30-35 minutes until it sounds hollow when knocking on the bottom side of the bread.

Nordic Walnut Bread

Simpe and very delicious walnut bread. Serve it with a good slice of cheese and some homemade jam. 
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Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours hours
Total Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
Course: Side Dish
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 25 g fresh yeast (1 oz)
  • 4 dl water, lukewarm (1 3/4 cups)
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp malt flour (25 g / 1 oz)
  • 375 g all-purpose flour (12 oz)
  • 200 g whole grain wheat flour (7 oz)
  • 150 g walnuts, coarsely chopped (5 1/3 oz)
  • 7 g salt (1/4 oz)

Instructions

  • In a large bowl; dissolve the fresh yeast in the lukewarm water. If you are using dry yeast, add this together with the flour.
  • Add the honey, the three types of flour and then stir/knead everything into a nice dough.
  • Add the chopped walnuts and the salt and knead everything into the dough. The kneading time is 5-10 minutes.
  • Leave the kneaded dough in the bowl, cover it with a dishtowel and set it aside some place warm. Let the dough rise for 60 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into six pieces and roll each pieces into long 'sausages'.
  • Take three sausages and connect them in one end. Braid them, and connect them at the other end. Continue the same way with the next three sausages.
  • Now you twist the two braided breads into one single bread. Fold the two ends under the bread.
  • Place the twisted bread on a parchment paper covered oven plate. Cover it with a clean dishtowel and let it rise for another 30 minutes some place warm.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 C (400 F).
  • Spray a little cold water into the oven to create some water vapor. Now bake the bread for about 35 minutes. The bread is done when it sounds hollow when knocking at the bottom of it.


Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

Recipe For Homemade Walnut Bread

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Comments

  1. Marta

    November 25, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    Hello, greetings from Poland. What would you suggest using instead of malt flour? Not really available, but... I have barley malt powder at home. how much should I mix into my flour? Any idea? :)

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      November 28, 2017 at 10:12 am

      Hi. Yes I actually thinks you can use Barley malt powder. I think it is almost the same. If you try I would love to hear about the result.

      Reply
  2. wen

    January 29, 2021 at 6:53 am

    Just to double check with you the dry yearst. I should you half of like fresh yeast,so would be 12.5 g, or use the same amount as the fresh yeast? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      January 29, 2021 at 7:02 am

      I very rarely use dry yeast so I'm not that familiar with it. However, everytime I have to use dry yeast I need to Google the conversion :-) I normally use this conversion found on King Arthur Baking . I hope that you can use this conversion. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)

      Reply
      • wen

        February 12, 2021 at 6:02 am

        5 stars
        HI Kim, I made this bread tonight. Thanks for the yeast link. I use 25x.33=~9g of instant dry yeast. Everything followed your steps and worked smoothly. Although I couldn't make the braid nicely like yours, I had a lot of fun when making this bread. I will wait for tomorrow morning to taste it. I know I would love it. Again, this is another one I like from your recipes. Thank you!

        Reply
        • Kim Nielsen

          February 12, 2021 at 10:06 am

          You are welcome. I'm happy that you also like this bread. It is one of my favorite recipes :-) Kim

          Reply
  3. wen

    May 16, 2021 at 3:57 am

    Hi Kim, (at step 4) after kneading the dough, is it OK to leave it covered in fridge for 8 to 12 hours, then do the rest of the steps? Thanks.

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    • Kim Nielsen

      May 16, 2021 at 11:55 am

      Hi Wen. Yes you can leave the dough in the fridge for 8-12 hours. In this case you just need to reduce the amount of yeast a little bit. Otherwise, it will rise too much. I would go for about 1/2 the amount of yeast which is already stated in the ingredient list. I hope it will turn out good. Regards Kim (NordicFoodLivng.com)

      Reply
  4. wen

    May 20, 2021 at 10:33 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for the suggestion, Kim! It's a success. For the same quantitiy, I made two small bread with 30 minutes baking time. We love it.

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