Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, german dark rye bread. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

German Dark Rye Bread is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. German Dark Rye Bread is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have german dark rye bread using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make German Dark Rye Bread:

1. Prepare In a large mixing bowl, stir the following together, then let rest for about 5 minutes:
2. Make ready 2 cups water, heated to 100-115⁰
3. Make ready 1/4 cup brown sugar
4. Make ready 2 pkgs active dry yeast
5. Get Add the following, and then beat well and let sit for 10 minutes:
6. Prepare 1/4 cup molasses
7. Make ready 3 1/2 cups rye flour
8. Make ready 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
9. Prepare 2 Tbsp. Hodgson Mill Vital Wheat Gluten
10. Take 1 Tbsp. caraway seeds
11. Take Add the following, and then mix in well:
12. Get 1/4 cup melted butter
13. Prepare 2 tsp. salt

Instructions to make German Dark Rye Bread:

1. Mix in 1 cup all-purpose or bread flour. Mix in enough of remaining 1 ½ to 2 ½ cups bread flour to make a soft dough. Knead for 8-10 minutes.
2. Oil a large bowl and put in the kneaded dough. Cover with a damp towel and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
3. Divide dough into 2 pieces. Gently work the dough to eliminate air bubbles, shape into loaves, and place in oiled, parchment-lined bread pans. Place large bowl over the pans (not a damp towel, as the dough may rise and stick to it) and let rise 1 hour, until nearly doubled. Slash the tops of the loaves a couple of times with a very sharp knife. Pre-heat oven to 400⁰.
4. While pre-heating, for a chewy crust, place an empty metal baking pan on the lower rack of oven. When oven is up to temperature, put bread in oven; at the same time, add ¼ cup water and a couple of ice cubes to the lower empty metal baking pan and immediately close the oven door.
5. Bake in for 25-28 minutes. Immediately remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.

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