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Prep Time: 240 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 300 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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We like this soft dark rye bread with soup or sauerkraut type of meals. Atthough this bread takes a while with three rises it makes four loaves and freezes great. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (March 1985) Ingredients:
4 cups warm water |
3 cups rye flour |
1/2 cup molasses |
1/4 cup brown sugar |
2 envelopes dry yeast (or 4 teaspoons yeast) |
1 tablespoon fennel seed, crushed |
3 tablespoons corn oil or 3 tablespoons other vegetable oil |
1 tablespoon salt |
8 -9 cups flour |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl stir together the first six ingredients (water-fennel seed) until smooth to make the sponge. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise for one hour or until doubled.
2. Stir down the sponge with a wooden spoon and add oil, salt and 3 cups of flour, stirring until combined and smooth.
3. Stir in remaining flour (1/2 cup at a time) until you have a soft dough.
4. Place dough onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes or until dough is no longer sticky (you will need to add more flour as you knead the dough).
5. Grease a large bowl (or I use a large pot) and add dough, turning to grease all sides and then cover bowl (or pot) with plastic wrap. Let dough rise for 1 - 1 1/2 hours or until doubled. Punch down. Let rise until doubled (1 hour).
6. Grease baking sheets.
7. Put dough on floured board and knead dough for a minute or two and then divide dough into four pieces.
8. Working with one piece at a time, knead each piece into a round loaf and then place each round on a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for one hour or until doubled. (Optional) With a sharp knife mark an x on top of each loaf.
9. Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
10. Bake loaves for one hour or until done. To test for doneness tap loaves on bottom and if it sounds hollow loaves are done.
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