Rye Bread Recipe

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What makes a GREAT REUBEN? Learn how to make great rye break with this easy recipe .

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups unbleached flour
  • 1 cup dark rye flour
  • 3 tablespoons dry potato flakes
  • 2 tablespoons caraway seeds
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons demerara sugar (you can sub brown sugar)
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1/4 cup canola oil ( you can sub vegetable oil)
  • 1/4 cup sour pickle juice

Directions:

  1. Place bread flour, rye, potato flakes, caraway seeds, sugar yeast and sea salt in the bowl of your stand mixer, turn on low and thoroughly mix.
  2. Beat warm water, oil, and pickle juice into dry ingredients.
  3. Put dough hook on mixer and beat until dough is rough.
  4. Cover bowl with plastic and let rest for 30 minutes.
  5. Remove plastic and knead with dough hook until smooth firm and still sticky, about 6 to 8 minutes.
  6. Turn onto floured work surface and knead until smooth, about 1 or 2 minutes.
  7. Oil a large bowl.  Form dough into a ball.  Place in bowl, making sure all sides are covered with oil.
  8. Cover with plastic wrap, set in a warm place and let rise for 1 hour.  Dough should have doubled in size.
  9. Grease loaf pan, turn dough out onto lightly oiled surface, form into a loaf, place in loaf pan, cover with towel and let rise until over the top of the pan about 60 to 90 minutes.
  10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  11. Place rack in middle of oven, remove towel, and place loaf on rack.
  12. Cook for about 35 minutes until golden brown on top.  It it starts to brown too quickly, cover the top with aluminum, shiny side facing up.
  13. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.
  14. This is SOO good, trust me!  That pickle juice gives it just the right amount of twang!
  15. ENJOY this yummy Rye Bread Recipe!

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