Red River Cereal Bread is a marvelous dinner bread that’s incredibly easy since it’s made in the breadmaker. It also has the delicious goodness of whole wheat flour and Red River Cereal included in the ingredients. I make my recipe with honey rather than brown sugar. I also include vital wheat gluten to enable the bread to raise better.

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We were treated to a sumptuous meal at some long-time friends’ house in July 2012, and one of the recipes the husband made was this fantastic bread recipe. Ron starts his version of Red River Cereal Bread in the breadmaker and then after it raises he transfers the dough to a regular-size loaf pan. He also has a few adaptations to the original recipe.

I have recently remade this recipe and am adding a lot of new pictures so you can get a better idea of what this fabulous bread looks like. If you’re looking for a wonderful, savory bread recipe then give Red River Cereal Bread a try.

The most difficult thing about this recipe is finding Red River Cereal! It’s a Canadian product and it is not always easy to get it here in the states. You can purchase it on Amazon.com if you’re interested in purchasing 6 boxes at a time!

Red River Cereal Bread is a wonderful, savory dinner bread you’re family will love.

I served Red River Cereal Bread with Northern Italian Stuffed Shells. Yum.

The easy thing about this bread is you make it in the breadmaker!

Here’s what I did.

Pour hot water into breadmaker canister.

Add canola oil.

 Add UNBLEACHED bread flour. (Don’t use all-purpose flour in making bread. The bread will become crumbly and dry out quicker. It also does not have the gluten needed to enable the bread to raise well.) 

Add whole wheat flour.

Red River Cereal and salt.

Add honey.

Add bread machine yeast and vital wheat gluten. Bake on whole wheat setting. My breadmaker takes 4 hours 10 minutes.

Here’s the bread just out of the breadmaker. I highly recommend you butter the top and sides of the bread so the crust doesn’t harden.

Slice down bread with an electric knife. (The bread will look really nice this way and not look hacked like it will if you use a regular serrated knife). 

To serve: slice down bread and serve on a bread plate. Serve with butter, jams and preserves, as desired.

I really love the taste of this delicious bread.

Red River Cereal Bread is outstanding!

Here’s the recipe.

RED RIVER CEREAL BREAD

(Recipe from Ron Pownall as adapted from Red River Cereal recipe)

Red River Cereal Bread

Teresa Ambra

Red River Cereal Bread is outstanding. This wonderful, savory dinner bread is so easy since it's whipped up in the breadmaker! The recipe originally comes from the back of the box of Red River Cereal. Uses vital wheat gluten in order to get the heavy wheat flour to raise nicely so it's soft and fluffy rather than heavy and dense. Excellent home-baked bread for breakfast or dinner.

3 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 minutes mins

Total Time 14 minutes mins

Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 20

Calories 95 kcal

Equipment

• 1 2-pound breadmaker
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 pastry brush to brush bread with melted butter after baking
• 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp bread knife to slice bread after baking

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/3 cups hot water
• 2 tbsp. canola oil or avocado oil (preferred)
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached Bread flour
• 1 1/3 cups Whole Wheat flour
• 1/2 cup Red River Cereal
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. honey or brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast
• 4 tsp. vital wheat gluten

Instructions

 

• Add ingredients to bread machine loaf pan in order given.
• Select whole wheat cycle.
• Makes 2 lb. loaf.
• Allow bread to cool 15 minutes in oven before removing from canister.
• Brush top and sides of bread with melted butter to prevent crust from hardening.
• Allow bread to sit out about 30 minutes before slicing down in slices.

Notes

NOTE: Red River Cereal Bread is intended to be made in a breadmaker and not for use as a regular hand-kneaded bread loaf. If you try to use this recipe and hand-knead the bread, you will have to increase the bread flour considerably.

 

NOTE: I used honey rather than brown sugar in the recipe, but either works fine.

 

NOTE FROM PRODUCT MANUFACTURER: If you grew up on Red River cereal, then this bread will bring back memories of goodness steaming in the kitchen. Except that now, it’s baking in the bread machine. Serve toasted as a breakfast bread lightly drizzled with honey, and you’ll give new meaning to toast. Vital wheat gluten is necessary for many breadmaker recipes using whole wheat flour as yeast alone is not enough to get the dough to rise since the flour is so dense.

 

NOTE: If you can't find Red River Cereal (it is a Canadian product), cracked wheat can probably be substituted quite satisfactorily.

 

NOTE: While this recipe produced a lovely loaf of bread in my kitchen, others have had difficulty with the texture. You may need to increase the bread flour (NOT wheat flour) by 1/2 to 1 cup.

 

NOTE: all-purpose flour does not contain the necessary gluten to bond the ingredients together as well as bread flour. The bread may turn out crumbly. For best results use bread flour.

 

NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann's yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn't work as well.

 

Recipe adapted from a Red River Cereal recipe.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 95kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 145mgPotassium: 57mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg

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You can see all the grain from the cereal in this bread.

If you can’t find Red River Cereal, cracked wheat would probably be a good substitute.

We love Red River Cereal Bread spread with jams, jellies, and preserves.

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Red River Cereal Bread

Teresa Ambra

Red River Cereal Bread is outstanding. This wonderful, savory dinner bread is so easy since it's whipped up in the breadmaker! The recipe originally comes from the back of the box of Red River Cereal. Uses vital wheat gluten in order to get the heavy wheat flour to raise nicely so it's soft and fluffy rather than heavy and dense. Excellent home-baked bread for breakfast or dinner.

3 from 7 votes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 minutes mins

Total Time 14 minutes mins

Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 20

Calories 95 kcal

Equipment

• 1 2-pound breadmaker
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 pastry brush to brush bread with melted butter after baking
• 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp bread knife to slice bread after baking

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 1 1/3 cups hot water
• 2 tbsp. canola oil or avocado oil (preferred)
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached Bread flour
• 1 1/3 cups Whole Wheat flour
• 1/2 cup Red River Cereal
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. honey or brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast
• 4 tsp. vital wheat gluten

Instructions

 

• Add ingredients to bread machine loaf pan in order given.
• Select whole wheat cycle.
• Makes 2 lb. loaf.
• Allow bread to cool 15 minutes in oven before removing from canister.
• Brush top and sides of bread with melted butter to prevent crust from hardening.
• Allow bread to sit out about 30 minutes before slicing down in slices.

Notes

NOTE: Red River Cereal Bread is intended to be made in a breadmaker and not for use as a regular hand-kneaded bread loaf. If you try to use this recipe and hand-knead the bread, you will have to increase the bread flour considerably.

 

NOTE: I used honey rather than brown sugar in the recipe, but either works fine.

 

NOTE FROM PRODUCT MANUFACTURER: If you grew up on Red River cereal, then this bread will bring back memories of goodness steaming in the kitchen. Except that now, it’s baking in the bread machine. Serve toasted as a breakfast bread lightly drizzled with honey, and you’ll give new meaning to toast. Vital wheat gluten is necessary for many breadmaker recipes using whole wheat flour as yeast alone is not enough to get the dough to rise since the flour is so dense.

 

NOTE: If you can’t find Red River Cereal (it is a Canadian product), cracked wheat can probably be substituted quite satisfactorily.

 

NOTE: While this recipe produced a lovely loaf of bread in my kitchen, others have had difficulty with the texture. You may need to increase the bread flour (NOT wheat flour) by 1/2 to 1 cup.

 

NOTE: all-purpose flour does not contain the necessary gluten to bond the ingredients together as well as bread flour. The bread may turn out crumbly. For best results use bread flour.

 

NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann’s yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn’t work as well.

 

Recipe adapted from a Red River Cereal recipe.

 

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 95kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 145mgPotassium: 57mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg

Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch, red river cereal, red river cereal bread

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