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Sweet Rye Bread

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  • Servings: 14
  • Prep: 3h
  • Cook: 60h
    • The following recipe serves 14 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup milk, scalded
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons yeast
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 1/2 cups rye flour (meal)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (white)
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon caraway seed
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Combine hot milk, molasses, brown sugar and salt. and butter. Cool mixture to lukewarm. Add yeast to cooled milk. add rye flour allow to soak, rye needs this to taste OK and not crunchy and dirt like.

  • Step 2: Add flour to make a stiff dough (another person said it took 5 c of flour but gave me a 2 star rating on another site so you judge).

  • Step 3: Let double; punch down.

  • Step 4: Put cornmeal under.

  • Step 5: Brush with egg white and 1 tablespoon water.

  • Step 6: Sprinkle with caraway seed.

  • Step 7: Slash the dough before baking.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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