Hearty Maine Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Combine water and yeast and let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• Combine flour, coconut oil, sugar, salt, and yeast mixture in a bowl. Knead until silky-smooth, about 15 minutes. Place dough in a large, lightly-oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
• Punch down dough and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a loaf and place into the prepared pan. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes for an Italian-style loaf or 45 minutes for a sandwich-style bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3-inch loaf pans.
• Mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, butter, buttermilk, and brown sugar in a large bowl until well blended. Combine whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger in a small bowl. Fold flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until just blended. Gently stir in raisins and pumpkin seeds. Pour into prepared pans or muffin cups. Lightly sprinkle tops with raw sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean; about 50 minutes.

Steps:

• Stir yeast and molasses into water.
• Mix all dry ingredients except additional flour.
• Combine dry mixture with yeast mixture knead in additioal flour to form elastic dough.
• Place in greased bowl, turn greased side of dough up.
• Let rise in warm place until double, 60-90 minute
• Punch down dough and roll out on floured suface divide in half. Roll into loaves and place in greased bread pans.
• Let rise 45 min - 1 hour.
• Bake 350F for 40-45 minute.

Steps:

• Load all of the above ingredients in order wet to dry into bread machine.
• Press go.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the oil and saute the onions over medium low heat, stirring frequently, until they are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.
• Place the yogurt, egg, rye flour, 2 cups bread flour, yeast, caraway, salt and pepper in the bread pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Set and run on the dough cycle. Check about 10 minutes into the cycle and add as much of the remaining bread flour as needed to form a ball.
• About five minutes before the end of the cycle (or when your machine signals), add the onions.
• After the dough has risen, remove from the bread pan. Shape into a 7 inch round (or your preferred shape, and let rise.
• Preheat oven to 350 deg.
• Beat together the water and egg yolk and brush on the loaf. Sprinkle with the kosher salt, if desired. Make three parallel slashes across the top of the loaf, and place in oven.
• Bake approximately 35 minutes or until loaf tests as done. Let cool completely before slicing.
• Note: I used full-fat yogurt, as the Greek or Arabic yogurt I buy is full-fat. I also needed to add about 1/2 cup flour - this is always a judgment call, so be guided.

Steps:

• Grease pan and preheat oven 350°F.
• Mix all dry ingredients.
• Add in wet ingredients.
• Knead until smooth and elastic.
• Place in greased bowl, cover and rest until double. About 40 minute.
• Divide into 3 7x3 loaf pan (approx 463g / loaf). Proof about 30 minute.
• Bake 30-35 till brown top.

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select cycle; press Start.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugars, baking soda and salt. Stir in buttermilk and eggs just until moistened. Fold in raisins and nuts. , Pour into two 9x5-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Steps:

• Stir water and yeast together and let set for a minute.
• Add everything up to the bread flour, plus 1 cup of the bread flour. Beat by hand to combine, then use dough hooks and finish beating for 2 minutes.
• Add more of the bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until you have a nice, manageable dough.
• Turn out and knead for 2 minutes, then cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Knead until you have a smooth, elastic dough, about 10 minutes. Put back in bowl and cover. Let rise until doubled.
• Punch dough down and shape into 2 loaves. Place in well greased pans (I use Pam). Let rise to the top of the pans.
• With a very sharp knife, make two slashes about 1/2" deep on each loaf.
• Bake at 375 for 40 - 50 minutes.