Honey Rye Bread Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Place honey, molasses, salt, butter, caraway, (if using) and boiling water in small bowl. Stir until honey dissolves. Cool to lukewarm.
• 2. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl. Add lukewarm honey mixture, rye flour and 1 cup AP flour. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer. Turn to speed 2 and mix about 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl, if necessary. (Never go above speed 2 when making bread dough.)
• 3. Continue on speed 2, adding remaining AP flour 1/2 cup at a time until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl or about 2 minutes. Knead on speed 2 for 2 minutes longer. **From KitchenAid: "Some doughs may occasionally climb over the collar of the hook. This usually indicates that the dough is sticky and more flour should be added."
• 4. Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover with sprayed saran wrap. Let rise in warm place, free from drafts, for about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• 5. Punch dough down and divide in half. Shape each half into a round loaf. Place on greased baking sheet. Cover. Let rise in warm place free from drafts, 45-60 minutes, or until doubled in bulk.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. (Mine didn't take this long.) Cover loaves with aluminum foil if they are browning to quickly. Remove from baking sheets immediately and cool completely on wire racks. Brush tops with melted butter. *See my hint at top about cooling when just warm to the touch in loose foil. It retains moisture.
• 7. Per serving: 96 calories, 2 g. protein, 20 g. carbs, 1 g. fat, 0 mg chol., 143 mg sodium.

Steps:

• Mix raisins with 1/2 cup of the water and let sit overnight to plump (then puree` if desired).
• Add the honey, brown sugar, caramel coloring and oil to raisins.
• Proof the yeast in 1/4 cup warm (100^ - 110^) water mixed with1 teaspoon of sugar for 10 minutes.
• Mix the flours, wheat gluten, dry milk and salt together. Mix in the rest of the water and the raisin mixture, and knead using the dough hook of mixer to incorporate all ingredients. Pour dough into a greased bowl and let rise till doubled.
• Put dough back in mixer and knead with dough hook for about 7 minutes, adding more flour to coax dough to leave the sides of the bowl and cling to the hook.
• Shape into two loaves and put in two 8 X 5 X 4 greased loaf pans. Let rise again to double and bake for 30 minutes at 350^ or until lightly browned. Bread will sound hollow when tapped. Remove from pans and cool well before slicing.

Steps:

• 1) Add ingredients to your bread machine in the order the manufacturer recommends.
• 2) Select basic setting, 1.5 pound loaf size and medium crust, then let tell it to start.
• 3) Check toward the end of the mixing cycle, scrape down the sides of the bowl with a plastic or silicon spatula to mix in any remaining flour. If it seems too dry add a bit of water. if it seems too wet, add a bit of flour.

Steps:

• In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, sprinkle yeast over 1/2 cup water. Add 2 teaspoons honey. Whisk until yeast dissolves. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Add remaining 1 3/4 cups water to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, along with remaining 3 tablespoons honey, butter, caraway seeds, and salt. Mix on low to combine. Gradually add both flours, one cup at a time, mixing until dough comes away from sides of bowl and forms a ragged, slightly sticky ball. Butter a large bowl.
• Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth and elastic but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Shape into a ball. Transfer to prepared bowl; cover with plastic wrap.
• Let dough stand in a warm place until it doubled in volume (it should not spring back when pressed), about 1 hour. Butter two 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pans. Punch down dough and divide in half.
• Working with one piece of dough at a time, shape into a 7-by-7-inch square. Fold dough into thirds; press seam to adhere and pinch ends to seal. Place seam-side down in loaf pan. Repeat process with remaining piece of dough.
• In a small bowl, mix egg white with 1 teaspoon water and brush mixture over tops of loaves; sprinkle with caraway seeds.
• Spray two pieces of plastic wrap with nonstick cooking spray; drape loaves with prepared plastic wrap and let stand until dough rises about 1 inch above tops of pans, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees on a conventional oven or 425 degrees on a convection oven. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees (conventional) or 375 degrees (convection).
• Uncover loaves and transfer to oven. Bake, rotating pans after 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown, about 45 minutes. Transfer to wire racks. Let cool slightly; turn out loaves. Let cool completely before slicing.