Cheesecake Factory’s Brown Bread
Cheesecake Factory Brown Bread is a tasty bread that goes well with any main dish. Spread a little honey butter over a slice and it just might become a family favorite side.
Servings: 6
Calories: 350kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups warm water 105-110 degrees
- 1 pkt Instant yeast or 2 1⁄2 teaspoons
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1 ¾ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Options
- Quick oats for sprinkling on top of bread optional
- Cornmeal for bottom of the bread optional
- honey butter for serving honey butter
Instructions
- Get out and measure your ingredients.
- In a small bowl mix together warm water, yeast, and granulated sugar.
- Let sit for 10-15 minutes to activate the yeast. Once the mixture is bubbly or foam looking the yeast is working.
- In a large bowl add bread flour, whole wheat flour, dark brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt.
- Whisk until blended.
- Pour flour mixture into bowl with stand mixer or get out your handheld mixer.
- Add yeast mixture, honey, butter, molasses, and vanilla extract to flour mixture.
- In a stand mixture, mix, dough with a dough hook for 5 minutes. Dough should not be sticking to the sides of the bowl. If it, is you can add a tablespoon more of bread flour at a time until it is no longer sticking.
- Cover bowl with a clean towel and let dough rise for 1-2 hours or
- until dough has doubled in size.
- Once dough has doubled in size place dough on counter.
- Divide into 4 or 6 equal pieces. Depending on how many buns you want to make.
- Roll out each piece.
- Into 7”-9" logs.
- * Sprinkle cornmeal on bottom side of bread loaf* (optional)
- Sprinkle oats over the top of each loaf.
- Cover with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let loaves rise for an additional 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place bread loaves in the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow bread to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve warm bread with honey butter. We usually add nuts but for an authentic honey butter recipe simply omit the walnuts or pecans.
- Enjoy every bite.
Notes
- You can store bread loaves in an airtight container for up to three days.
- Can I substitute bread flour with all-purpose flour? Yes, you can if you are in a pinch. You might have to add a little more flour to your dough though.
- Serve with honey butter for authentic experience with no nuts
Nutrition
Calories: 350kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 401mg | Potassium: 294mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 16IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg