German Dark Rye Bread
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon caraway seed
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 1/2 cups rye flour
- cooking oil
- 2 cups water
- 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 110u0b0-115u0b0F).
- 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.
allpurpose, cocoa, active dry yeast, caraway seed, salt, molasses, butter, sugar, rye flour, cooking oil, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/german-dark-rye-bread-43285 (may not work)