Cranberry Raisin Cashew Bloomer

Tested 2026-03-15, came out quite good!

Ingredients

  • 500 g strong white bread flour

  • 10 g salt

  • 7 g yeast (instant)

  • 340 g water (lukewarm)

  • 15 g sugar

  • 20 g olive oil

  • 70 g dried cranberries

  • 40 g raisins

  • 40 g pumpkin seeds

  • 30 g hazelnuts roughly chopped

  • 30 g almonds roughly chopped

  • 30 g cashews roughly chopped

Directions

  • Soak the cranberries and raisins in warm water for 10 minutes, then drain.

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt.

  • In a jug, mix the lukewarm water, yeast, sugar, and olive oil.

  • Add the liquid to the flour and mix until a rough dough forms.

  • Knead for 8–10 minutes until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.

  • Flatten the dough slightly, scatter over the cranberries, raisins, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, almonds, and cashews, then fold and knead until evenly distributed.

  • Put onto a baking sheet with baking parchment (floured), oval-shaped. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise (server cupboard) for an hour or two (~doubled in size).

  • Preheat oven to 200°C fan.

  • Gently reshape the dough into a long shape, squish it together so it is tall (with tolerance to flow in the oven).

  • Leave to proof for 40–50 minutes until slightly puffy. (I only did about 10-20 minutes, but didn’t disturb the dough that much in the first step.)

  • Score the loaf with 4–5 diamond slashes each direction across the top.

  • Bake for about 18 minutes until well browned and hollow-sounding when tapped underneath.