Pumpernickel Bread

Name: Pumpernickel Bread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 grams packet highly active dry yeast; 1 liters bread flour; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 2 Tbsps instant coffee granules; 59 milliliters molasses; 237 milliliters rye flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 414 milliliters warm water (100° to 110°)

This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 373 calories, 10g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. A mixture of highly active yeast, rye flour, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 20

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Stir together first 3 ingredients in the mixing bowl of a heavy-duty electric stand mixer.

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Stand Mixer

Let stand 5 minutes.

Add coffee and next 4 ingredients to yeast mixture. Beat at low speed with dough hook attachment for 1 minute or until soft dough comes together. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes. (Dough will be slightly sticky.)

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Coffee

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Yeast

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; shape dough into a 9- x 5-inch oval loaf.

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Dough

Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet; coat lightly with cooking spray, and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Turn oven off, and place loaf in oven.

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Cooking Spray

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Oven

Let rise 30 minutes or until loaf is doubled in bulk.

Remove loaf from oven.

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Remove and discard plastic wrap. Preheat oven to 37

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Wrap

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Oven

Bake bread for 30 to 35 minutes.

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Bread

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Remove from oven, and brush with melted butter. Cool on wire rack.

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Butter

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Wire Rack

Oven

German-Style Pumpernickel

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Pumpernickel

Rolls: Pat dough into a 10-inch square (1/2 inch thick).

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Dough

Roll

Cut into 2-inch squares.

Roll into 1 1/2-inch balls, and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. (Makes 25

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Rolls).

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Roll

German-Style Pumpernickel

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Pumpernickel

Rolls with Caraway: Follow instructions for German-Style Pumpernickel

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Pumpernickel

Caraway Seeds

Roll

Rolls, adding 1 tablespoon caraway seeds. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Roll

Add 3/4 cup raisins (or golden raisins) and 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts to dough before mixing. Shape dough into a ball, and gently flatten to a 7-inch circle.

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Dough

Cut 3 slits in dough (1/4 to 1/2 inch deep) with a sharp paring knife just before baking, if desired.

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Dough

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Whisk together 1 egg white and 3 tablespoons water in a small bowl; brush loaf with egg mixture.

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Egg Whites

Water

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Bake at 375 for 38 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Omit brushing on melted butter. (Makes 1 Loaf).

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Butter

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Sour-Rye Pumpernickel Bread: The Sour Starter gives this bold bread a subtle tangy flavor. Reduce water to 1 cup.

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Pumpernickel

Bread

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Rye

Add 2 tablespoons browning and seasoning sauce and 1 cup Sour Starter to dough; mix with dough hook attachment at medium-high speed with heavy duty stand mixter 5 minutes. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Seasoning Sauce

Dough

Note: For testing purposes only, we used Kitchen Bouquet sauce.

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Kitchen Bouquet