Italian 9-Grain Bread is the perfect bread to make for the holidays, because the labor and cooking are done in a bread maker! Packed with fiber and flavorful herbs, it’s great for making sandwiches packed with leftover turkey and cranberry sauce, croutons for salads, crostinis for quick appetizers, and even savory bread puddings!
Disclosure: This post and giveaway are sponsored by Zojirushi and King Arthur Flour, and they supplied us with materials to make this post possible. As always, my opinions and love for bread, are all my own.
The past month and a half, we’ve been testing out the Home Bakery Virtuoso® Breadmaker on a variety of whole grain based recipes using ingredients and flours from King Arthur Flour. Now, I know what you’re thinking: what is a professional baker that went to culinary school doing by baking bread in a bread maker and not doing all the work herself?! Well, dear readers, after working endless hours at the restaurants, the last thing a baker wants to do is bake fresh bread at midnight! This bread maker allows us to have fresh, healthier loaves in which we have total control of the ingredient with little to no effort on our part and we love that!
During the past week, I’ve made about five different loaves, playing around with the flour varieties King Arthur Flour sent my way, which included bread flour, whole wheat flour, 9-grain flour blend, and sprouted whole wheat flour. One of my favorites to work with was the 9-grain flour, a blend of wheat, high-fiber Sustagrain® barley, rye, oats, amaranth, quinoa, millet, sorghum, and teff. It gave the bread a nutty taste, and definitely made for some heartier loaf.
About the Home Bakery Virtuoso® Breadmaker:
- Bakes a large traditional rectangular shaped 2-lb. loaf
- Exclusive Home Made Menu function includes 3 memory settings
- Additional heater on lid for even baking
- Quick baking cycle prepares bread in a little over 2 hours
- 13-hour delay timer
- LCD clock makes it easy to check the completion time and set up the Timer
- Includes an easy-to-follow instructional DVD, manual and recipe booklet
- Menu settings include: basic bread, wheat bread, gluten free bread, sourdough starter, dough, jam, cake, quick bread and 3 home made menus
Cooking with Books conclusion: We found the breads made on the REGULAR course turned out with more volume than on the WHEAT course, and we preferred the former because we could also control the crust color on our breads. The ease of just adding ingredients and closing the lid makes for some of the easiest bread making in the world! The machine rests, kneads, shapes, rises, and bakes the loaf in less than 3 hours, which is perfect for the holidays when you’re incredibly busy making a million other dishes.
I hope you love this Italian 9-grain bread recipe!
- 360 ml warm water
- 340 grams bread flour
- 120 grams whole wheat flour
- 120 grams 9-grain flour blend
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- Place water and oil in bottom of bread maker mold.
- Add flour and make a well in the center (not too deep!)
- Sprinkle yeast in the center and the rest of the ingredients around it.
- Set to bake on the REGULAR COURSE and select MEDIUM on CRUST CONTROL.
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED.
I would make white whole wheat bread.
White bread.
I would make some Hawaiian bread.
My mother used to make anadama bread….would love to try to do that in the bread machine!
Zojirushi Bread machine and King Arthur flour together: dinamite!
I would like to try you recipe for hawaiian-honey-bread. #delicious
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I would make whole wheat bread.
I’m a soccer for a honey wheat, I think I would try honey oatmeal wheat!
White Sandwich Bread
rye
I would make some apple cinnamon bread.
i would make 9 grain bread it is my most favorite bread too eat
Cinnamon Bread is what I’d make.
This is awesome. My bread machine just broke and I miss it! I would make a loaf of Brioche bread. I am dying to try the recipe on the King Author website.
I think my first loaf would be the 9 grain recipe here! I think it sounds perfect for sandwiches and French toast! After that, I’ll probably get gutsy. Maybe a cinnamon swirl bread, and closer to Christmas, I’d like to make a julekage.
My first loaf would more than likely be some kind of white bread since I’d probably have all the ingredients already. I’ve really been wanting to try making some kind of Jewish style rye bread though, but I’d have to get special ingredients for it first.
The first bread I would make if I won this contest is sourdough cinnamon raisin bread – my family loves it!
pumpkin pecan yeast bread is our family favorite!
love homemade bread, nothing makes the house smell better than bread baking!
I bought my first bread machine second hand and love it, having two would be even better and I love the smell of cinnamon bread baking!
Would love to try this 9grain
I would cook white bread if I won..
wheat with sunflower seed
Whatever kind my husband would like to help me make!
I would make oatmeal sunflower bread.
the 9 grain blend sounds tasty. And a bread maker-sounds easier than going shopping and trying to figure out the strange ingredients listed on a store bought loaf.
the italian 0- Grain Bread
Whole wheat bread!!! Thanks for this giveaway!!
Honey wheat bread.
My own whole wheat with flax and a touch of honey.
i love my bread maker by this company would love to win this style & give my old one to someone that needs it
I would bake Honey Wheat bread!
This bread looks delicious!
I would make white bread.
Newly gluten free…..I’d bake a gluten free bread!
Swirled Pumpernickel Rye Bread mmm yum
Going make this bread!
What a great prize! I love making bread!!
I would definitely make some sort of sandwich bread.
I have an Oatmeal Bread recipe that I’d just love to try in this machine!
Whole wheat
Honey oatmeal bread!
it would be nice to win so my girls can help make home made goodies out of the bread machine
Honey oatmeal.
giabbatta bread! (not sure if that’s spelled correctly)
I’d bake honey wheat. Thanks!
I have never baked bread before but having this home bakery virtuoso will be great and I would make this exact same recipe which sounds sooo good!
I hate to be bland, but I have to say that I’d bake this recipe! It looks wonderful
sprouted rye bread!
Honey wheat with sunflower seeds
sourdough
Would live to try the nine grain bread or maybe sourdough
This 9-grain Italian bread sounds amazing, but I might go with some sort of sourdough bread at first…I’ve been dying for sourdough lately!
I think the 9 grain sounds really good. Thanks for the giveaway. Good luck everyone.
I love baking bread. I’d like to try the 9-grain bread. My go-to recipe is a honey oatmeal bread.
some sort of sweet loaf1
I have a buttermilk bread recipe, and I’d love to see how it turns out in this machine.
I would try your recipe-it looks delicious!
Some kind of bread with nuts and seeds.
I would make Italian bread
Would make wheat bread. Love homemade bread, just doesn’t seem to be time enough in the day anymore. A bread machine would be awesome. On my someday list. Thanks for the opportunity to try and win one here.
I love homemade bread. I don’t seem to find the time to make it very often anymore. A bread machine would be wonderful. Thanks for the opportunity to try and win one.
I’d probably try this 9-grain recipe first! I just started baking bread in the last year, and I’m in love, but haven’t gotten to the point of buying a bread machine, and haven’t done anything ‘fancy’ yet either.
My kids have really developed a taste for Milk Shokupan Japanese-style loaves. Light, fluffy and slightly sweet – great for afternoon tea!
would love to bake rye bread first
I would bake Italian bread yum!
I would make Spinach-Feta bread!
I’d make a wheat bread for sandwiches! A bread maker is on my wish list…
I have loved King Arthur flours and baking supplies for years!
I would love to make bread.
I honestly am drooling over the recipe you shared for the Italian 9-grain bread. Had to save that to my recipe box for sure!
Hazelnut with poppyseeds
I would love to win this machine I have wanted one for a long time, I would make cinnamon raisin bread and honey wheat to start.
I would love to bake whole grain bread in it if I won it..Thank you so much for this chance to win..
Wheat bread..
I would love to have this bread maker right now I am learning to my breads on my sister small unit
I would love to make honey beer bread – I LOVE the smell and taste of it!
it is so nice..i want to try it out soon by winning this
Two things I love Zojirushi and King Arthur flour.
Sprouted flour bread
I would love to make a honey amber bread using King Arthur Whole Wheat flour and used malted grain from a batch of homebrew. I am sure the results would fantastic!
a simple crumbly white bread!
I will try to use some of the wheat berries I was given but I have never ground for handmade bread like that fancy Italian bread.
I would make cheese bread to go with my chili!
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Definitely Sourdough:)
Cinnamon Raisin
I really love using King Arthur flour for baking. This looks great! I’ve never used a bread machine before, but this one looks really nice, and I would make all sorts of breads with it, including honey wheat.
The first bread I’d make is a sourdough cinnamon raisin bread. My family loves sourdough and cinnamon raisin so I would combine the two and it get the best of both worlds!
I’d like to make Sourdough
I would bake Cinnamon Raisin Bread!!
Id love to try to make the italian herb bread recipe as published above. I saved the recipe
I always wanted to make bread.
I would make my daughters favorite recipe, the cheese and onion loaf.
I’d make cinnamon raisin bread for breakfast first.
I would make whole wheat bread 😀
I would make a whole wheat bread, maybe try a honey wheat! I love bread and would love to win this so much!!!
I would probably make amish white bread first.
I have a recipes to try binder with 28 different bread recipes that I want to try.
My kids love a good honey whole wheat bread or just plain white bread.
English muffin bread!
I am big on loaves like 9 grain and anything healthy
I would make an 100% whole wheat sandwich bread!
I would definitely bake the 9-grain bread first. I have been trying to find a good whole wheat bread to make the switch from white bread at home.
I would love to make a sourdough!!!
Sourdough bread!
I would love to try your Italian 9-Grain Bread and whole wheat bread
I would bake a honey oat bread, although this recipe comes in a close second.
Want to try this.
Beer bread! This is the king of breadmakers.
honey whole wheat for me as well…love it!
Sourdough would be the first loaf I would make quickly followed by garlic and herb bread.
The 9 grain Italian Bread looks delicious. I would love to try that or make a good loaf of German Rye Bread salted on the top.
YUM! I guess the Italian and German background is popping out. Thanks for a chance to win.
I’ve been dreaming of finally making the perfect gluten free bread and this sounds like it will do the trick!!!
I’d make cinnamon raisin bread
I’d make white sandwich bread and knowing my husband and me, we’d eat the whole loaf while it was still hot!
This 9 Grain bread looks yummy, I would try that!
I would try this Italian 9-grain bread! I love the ingredients. I want to start baking more hearty breads.
sandwich
I’m gluten free for the time being, so I’d try making a GF bread first… your 9 grain looks so lovely! My favorite bread to make when I had a Zoji breadmaker eons ago was oatmeal bread. The crust & crumb were out of this world!!!
I would bake whole wheat bread. Thanks for the giveaway!
are you and King Arthur flour psychic or something?
I have this exact machine in my amazon cart waiting to be bought. once i have enough money.
This looks like a fantastic bread machine.
Something with cheese & herbs!
Sourdough
I’d love to try the honey whole wheat bread.
I would make a soft white bread. So yummy fresh out of the oven with a little butter and homemade jelly!
Cheese bread
Sourdough!!!
I would bake a loaf of old-fashioned white bread with a super-buttery crust! Heaven with soup on a chilly day!
I love a bread with flavor and doesn’t require a lot of technique. rustic or not.
Raisin Bread
I would make a cinnamon bread or try the Italian 9-Grain Bread
I would love this … Have a most wonderful day and Happy Thanksgiving !
I would make whole wheat bread.
beer bread
I would bake honey wheat bread, then cinnamon roll dough, yeast roll dough
I love olive bread and if I had a bread machine, that would be the first thing I would make in it.
I’d love to make a whole wheat bread.
I would like to make sour dough for our holiday get togethers
I would make Cuban bread!
Great offer, thanks for this opportunity!!
Would <3 to win this!!!
We just moved and my kids are missing the chia white we could get at out little bakery back home. I promised them, when I get a breadmaker, that I would make it for them. So that. Chia white.
I would love to make an oatmeal bread.
I need a bread machine!
The 9 grain bread looks absolutely yummy! I love fresh bread!
Honey whole wheat maybe something with rosemary
Would love this 9-grain bread! Love to make bread and try new recipes.
I’d bake a good old fashioned crusty but soft inside loaf of bread!
Whole grain sunflower seed bread.
I would make some kind of whole wheat, how exciting! 😀
I would love to try a cranberry orange loaf
love to make the Italian bread..looks yummy
Rye. I used to make it my old machine all the time. Or perhaps oatmeal. mmmm
That bread looks delicious! And I love King Arthur Flour products… just wish I could update all my appliances
I would love to make some sort of whole wheat sandwich bread with oatmeal or seeds on the top
I would make some herbed pull-apart bread.
I’d be tempted to make your Italian wheat bread first but I would probably feed my sugar addiction and make a chocolate cinnamon swirl bread first.
Sourdough!
I’d definitely make some kind of cinnamon raisin bread – and eat the WHOLE loaf! 😉
I would love to make some oatmeal bread!
I would love to try and make sourdough!
I would love to make a honey wheat 😛
I have been wanting to get a bread maker for years but my husband refuses. Now if I won one on the other hand…. Looks so delicious,
Sourdough rye!
I used to make homemade bread all the time. This machine sure would make it easy! I’d love to make my dad’s oatmeal wheat bread recipe.
I would make whole wheat.
I love love love homemade bread! I used to have a breadmaker and when the tornado came through I lost it and my Cuisenart machine. I would love to have another breadmaker. My family loves the smell of homenmade bread! Nothing makes a meal better than hot homemade bread!
I have wanted a Zo for years! If I won, I’d give this recipe a try. It looks really good.
I would like to make A Honey Whole Wheat Bread with Oatmeal.
I would experiment with a gluten free bread
White wheat bread!
I’d make a multi-grain wheat bread with some nuts and seeds!
Egg bread!
Homemade banana bread sounds amazing right about now.
I would bake the easiest one first!
I would make Cinnamon roll bread !!
I have sourdough going right now; so sourdough would probably be the first bread I would bake!
I’d probably start with whole wheat!
I would either bake whole wheat bread or sourdough. Yum!!!
some honey whole bread
I would like to bake a whole wheat with flax seed.
Love the smell of bread baking
A cranberry oat bread!
I would bake either Rye or Sourdough
I love to make Focaccia dough in my bread maker.
Either a cinnamon bread or beer bread to go with soup. It’s freezing here!
I would make a sweet potato loaf
Italian herb bread sounds good to me today!
I’d make raisin bread
Yeast!!! or white I love bread!
I would make honey oat <3
This bread looks amazing! I would love to have one of these!
I would make 1/2 white, 1/2 whole wheat with oatmeal!
I would make a sweet honey oat bread!
I’d make white whole wheat with oatmeal!
I would love to make a honey wheat or a sweet bread.
This bread looks delish!! and the recipe seems easy
I would bake a honey whole wheat bread
This Italian bread looks yummy but I’m thinking a family fav of Honey wheat would be my first batch
I would definitely try multi-grain or rye bread first!
I would make a loaf of gluten-free bead of course. I’m dying for one of these machines!
I’ll make whole wheat bread.