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Diaprotein Bran Bread

A protein-enriched bran bread baked with eggs, oil, and baking powder.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Diaprotein Bran Bread

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Make the batter

  1. Separate the egg whites and yolks.

  2. Beat the yolks until thick, then add water and oil.

  3. Fold in the beaten egg whites until well combined.

  4. Mix the diaprotein, bran, and baking powder, then carefully fold into the egg mixture.

Bake

  1. Pour into a well-greased baking pan and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 35 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trap air when beaten, giving the bread structure and lift; yolks add richness.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter during baking, causing the bread to rise.
Bran
Adds bulk and absorbs liquid, giving the bread a denser, more substantial texture.
Mineral oil or melted butter
Adds fat that keeps the crumb moist and tender.

The step that matters

Folding in the beaten egg whites. Beaten egg whites hold trapped air that lifts the batter in the oven. Stirring vigorously or overmixing deflates them, so the bread comes out dense. Fold gently and only until combined.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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