{"id":1631,"date":"2015-10-30T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2015-11-11T01:25:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T01:25:19","slug":"first-taste-copycat-outback-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/first-taste-copycat-outback-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"First Taste: Copycat Outback Bread."},"content":{"rendered":"

I made a pot of this ham, potato, and corn chowder<\/a> (incidentally, I made it without ham – and no one missed it, because bacon), and my initial plan was to make a batch of no-knead bread <\/a>to go with it. When I was getting out the ingredients, though, I noticed a box of vital wheat gluten that I bought like 6 months ago when Mel from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe<\/a>\u00a0(<–one of my favorite food blogs!!)\u00a0posted this recipe for a similar-to-Outback sweet molasses bread<\/a>. (Actually, I noticed it the other day when our one-year-old raided that cabinet and ripped the box open. She also wandered by me with a pilfered tortilla chip recently. The natives are restless and they’re getting bolder.)<\/em><\/p>\n

So, I decided it was time to try the bread! The dough has a few more ingredients than my go-to no-knead, but I had them all on hand (thanks to my excellent “advance\u00a0planning” with the wheat gluten). My four-year-old was happy to help dump things into the mixer bowl, and she was very\u00a0enthused about the\u00a0chocolate (cocoa powder) in the dough!<\/p>\n

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I had to add extra flour to get my dough the right consistency (i.e., not too sticky to handle), so I think next time I’ll hold back on the water a bit to see if I need it all, but then it was easy to shape and it baked beautifully, even with both my big sheet pans in my oven to accommodate all three loaves.<\/p>\n

The bread has that good, deep molasses flavor and is soft, chewy, and delightfully dense. We love it! I’ve eaten a lot of Outback bread in my day, and this is even better than the original. I’ve been enjoying loaf #2 for breakfast with eggs on the side, and<\/em> I still got to stick\u00a0a loaf in the freezer (y’all know that’s my love language).<\/p>\n

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Totally worth trying: Mel’s copycat Outback sweet molasses bread!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made a pot of this ham, potato, and corn chowder (incidentally, I made it without ham – and no one missed it, because bacon), and my initial plan was to make a batch of no-knead bread to go with it. When I was getting out the ingredients, though, I noticed a box of vital…<\/p>\n

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