Rye Bread
- 175 g flour (rye)
- 175 g flour (wholewheat)
- 15 g margarine (soft vegetable)
- 14 teaspoon sea salt
- 15 g yeast (fresh)
- vitamin, c tablet (25 mg crushed)
- 210 ml water (tepid)
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- milk (to glaze)
- rye flakes (to decorate)
- Mix together the rye and wholewheat flours.
- Rub in the margarine and stir in the sallt.
- Dissolve the yeast and vitamin C Tablet in the watre and stir in the molasses.
- Add to the flour and mix to a soft dough.
- Turn out onto a work top and knead thoroughly for 6-8 minutes until smooth, adding extra flour if required.
- Cover and rest for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 450F/230C/Gas mark 8.
- Lightly oil a 450 g loaf tin.
- Knead the dough lightly and pull it out to a rectangle three times as wide as the tin.
- Fold in three and place in the tin with the 'seam' underneath.
- Cover and leave in a warm place to rise, until double, for about 15-40 minutes until the dough springs back when touched.
- Glaze with milk and scatter some rye flakes on top.
- Bake at the top of the oven for 25-30 minutes until well risen and brown and the loaf sounds hollow when tipped out of the tin.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
flour, flour, margarine, salt, yeast, vitamin, water, molasses, milk, rye flakes
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rye-bread-431772 (may not work)