Best Dark Rye Bread Recipes

DARK RYE BREAD

Steps:

• Add the lukewarm water and yeast to the bowl of your mixer, stir and let it dissolve for 5 to 10 minutes.
• To the yeast mixture, add the molasses, cocoa powder, salt, caraway seeds, vegetable oil, rye flour, and about 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Add in remaining flour and keep mixing until it forms a firm dough (about 5 minutes), the dough should come clean from the side of the bowl.
• Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and place the dough in the bowl, spray the dough as well with cooking spray, cover with a clean damp kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rest until it doubles in size in a warm, draft free environment.
• Place a piece of parchment paper on your work surface. Sprinkle the cornmeal over the parchment paper. Punch down the dough and stretch it from the center to form a ball. Place the ball onto the prepared parchment paper. Let it rise for another 30 to 40 minutes until doubled in size. Once doubled, sprinkle a bit of flour over the top of the dough and cut a few slashes with a sharp knife.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F°. Place a shallow pan (not glass) on the lower rack in the oven. Transfer the bread with the parchment paper on a baking sheet or into a Dutch oven and place in the oven. Pour 1 cup of water in the shallow pan on the lower rack.
• Bake for 30 minutes until crusty and golden brown

DARK RYE BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl add fennel and caraway seeds and grind together to ground down, then add to a large bowl with rye and whole wheat flour, leaving 1/2 cup to use while mixing and kneading. Add sea salt, cocoa powder, brown sugar and toss everything together until equally mixed then make a hole in the middle. After in a small bowl add one cup of warm water and yeast, mix together and let sit for 5 minutes to proof. While waiting melt butter or margarine, when yeast is proofed add to the middle of dry ingredients, add melted butter or margarine, vinegar and the remainder on the warm water. Start mixing all ingredients together using a wooden spoon or mixer with hook, continue mixing add dustings of whole wheat flour to bring dough together. Continue mixing and folding dough inward to form a dough ball this will take about 10 minutes or working dough. After the dough is formed, flip over smooth side up then put the sign of a cross on the top ( optional ) and cover with a piece of parchment paper and a big towel. Wrap bowl well and put in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes, sunny window, under a light from the oven ONLY! When risen after 30 minutes, uncover and knead for another 2 or 3 minutes, folding the dough inwards and dusting with more whole wheat flour and forming a dough ball, flip over smooth side up. Cover with parchment paper and big towel and let rise for another 30 minutes in a warm place. When ready DON'T deflate dough and cut small round balls and form into three ball for each pan, or one full piece of dough. Makes two 8" x 4" loaf pans. Cover again with parchment paper and towel leave on counter for another 30 minutes. Then pre-heat oven to 350ºF and put timer on for 35 to 40 minutes, depending on your oven. When baked remove from oven rub with some melted butter or margarine and over with a piece of parchment paper and towel to rest and come to room temperature. Bag in plastic bags to freeze for longer freshness or eat within 4 days for freshness. Bonita's Tips: Adding cider vinegar preserves the gluten bonds, and also adds acid to keep yeast happy and helps work better. Also if you have soft water which can weaken gluten in dough a little vinegar will also improve bread quality, this is what our elders have shared with me. Enjoy

DARK RYE BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Select the Basic cycle, and press Start.

GERMAN DARK RYE BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, salt, cocoa, yeast, and caraway seed.
• Heat and stir molasses, butter, sugar, 2 cups water and 2 Tablespoons oil until warm (about 110°-115°F).
• Add to dry mixture.
• Beat at low speed on electric mixer 1/2 minutes, scraping bowl.
• Beat 3 minutes at high speed.
• Then by hand, stir in enough rye flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead till smooth (about 5 minutes).
• **Cover, and let rest 20 minutes.
• Punch down dough.
• Divide in half.
• Shape into 2 round or oval loaves on greased baking sheets.
• Brush with small amount of cooking oil.
• Slash tops with knife.
• Cover; let rise until double (45-60 minutes).
• Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheets, place on racks to cool.
• **Note:If using this recipe to make a light/dark"marbled" rye loaf, knead both the light and dark doughs separately for about 3 minutes or so, then combine the light and dark doughs and knead them together for another minute or so (to produce the marbled effect).
• Proceed with the recipe as stated.

DARK RYE (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Add ingredients to your bread machine as directed. Mine specifies liquids first, yeast last. Set to standard (white) bread and Go. Enjoy!