Pineapple Bran Quick Bread

Assalamualaikum & Salam Sejahtera,

Bertemu lagi kita di hari Rabu. Hujan lagi pagi ni. Tarik selimut balik pun syiokkk ni tapi tak leh lah sebab hari ni nak gi shopping, barang-barang dapur banyak yang dah clear. Kalau zaman bekerjaya dulu, hari Rabu ni merupakan hari yang paling sibuk. Meeting sana-sini, conference call, kadang-kala tak tahu mana satu nak cekau. Kebijaksanaan dalam pengurusan masa dan mengenal-pasti yang mana "urgent" dan yang mana "important" adalah paling mustahak. Kalau tidak ketinggalanlah jawabnya. Itulah yang saya selalu pesan pada anak-anak buah saya dulu. Harapan saya mereka masih mempraktikkannya.

Sebenarnya pada hari Jumaat petang yang lepas, saya  mencari-cari resepi yang boleh digunakan untuk  menghabiskan nenas dalam tin yang ada lagi separuh sebelum ianya rosak. Tak baik membazirkan, jadi elok digunakan untuk perkara-perkara yang berfaedah. Tup-tup bila buka FB terpacul resepi ni dalam FB saya oleh blogger yang tak menggunakan telur dalam masakan beliau iaitu Madhuram.

Walaubagaimanapun ada beberapa bahan yang perlu tapi tiada dalam stok saya. Tapi tak mengapa, itu semua bisa diatur asalkan kejadiannya taklah lari sangat ke laut nanti.

Resepi beliau memerlukan bran (sejenis bijirin/cereal) yang mampu melembutkan roti,  tapi saya gantikan dengan cornflakes dan juga memerlukan "apple sauce" dimana saya cuma gandakan sikit lagi madu yang juga diperlukan dalam resepi ni.

Mulanya risau jugak kot-kot roti ni tak menjadi. Tujuannya nak habiskan stok jadi membazir pulak nanti. Tapi Alhamdulillah, menjadi juga roti ni sudahnya. Rasanya masam-masam manis dan teksturnya macam kek buah-buahan.

Ikuti resepinya dalam Bahasa Inggeris.

Pineapple Bran Quick Bread

Sumber: Madhuram's Eggless Cooking

Prep time: 15 Mins

Cook time: 1 Hr 20 Mins

Yields: One 9×5 inch loaf.

Very easy to bake and delicious pineapple bran quick bread. Finish off the bran cereal that no one touches by using it in this recipe and you would be surprised to see the bread vanishing away quickly.

Dry Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 and 1/4 cups Bran Cereal (I used Fiber One Original) - saya guna Cornflakes, di hancurkan dulu

1/4 cup Granulated Sugar

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/4 teaspoon Salt

Wet Ingredients:

2 tablespoons Oil (I used Canola) - saya guna minyak sayuran

1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce - saya tak letak

1/3 cup Honey - saya letak lebih sikit

1 and 1/4 cups Crushed Pineapple, with juice (See Notes)

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan. I also lined it with a piece of parchment paper to enable easy removal of the loaf from the pan.

In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.

Similarly combine together the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Just stir it well with a whisk.

Pour the wet mixture on the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Over-mixing the batter will result in a tough bread. Having lumps is fine, just be sure that the dry ingredients are not visible.

Spoon the batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 70-80 minute or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mine was done around 75 minutes. (See My Notes)

Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Since I lined the pan with a parchment paper, the loaf came off very easily without any mess. Let the loaf cool completely on the rack overnight.

Notes from Madhuram:

Be sure you don’t drain the pineapple; just spoon juice and pulp together in your measuring cup. I used the dry measuring cups for this and not the liquid measuring mug.

If you don’t have a light colored loaf pan, I would suggest you to get one for quick breads like this which require 70-80 minutes of baking. I used a very dark non stick pan and the corners started browning around 30 minutes itself. I have read somewhere that pies which are browning too quickly can be saved by covering it loosely with an aluminum foil. So I tried the same trick for this quick bread too and I was able to avoid a disaster. Even then I would say that the top was very brown and it could have been better had I used a light colored pan.

I think adding a cup of chopped walnuts to the batter will make it even more tasty.

Oh ya, nama roti ni sepatutnya saya kena tukar yerk sebab sebutir Bran pun tak ada dalam roti ni tapi tak pe lah saya kekalkan juga lah namanya macam tu.

Wassalam...