Steakhouse Black Bread Pumpernickel Recipes

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in bread machine pan in order suggested by manufacturer. Select Dough cycle. When the machine indicates the end of the final rise, remove the dough.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Shape the dough into 12 dinner rolls, or one 9x5 inch loaf. Let rise until doubled in size while the oven preheats, they should rise quickly.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven for rolls, or 35 minutes for a loaf, or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.

Steps:

• Brush a large bowl with butter; set aside. Combine 1/4 cup warm water with sugar; sprinkle yeast over top. Set aside. In a small saucepan, heat espresso, chocolate, molasses, and 1 1/2 cups water over medium. Cook, stirring often, just until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool until warm but not hot (below 110 degrees).
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment, combine both flours, caraway, and salt. Add the chocolate mixture then yeast mixture. Mix by hand, using the hook, to combine. Turn mixer on medium and mix until dough comes together in a smooth, springy ball around the hook, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove a small piece of dough and stretch it. If the dough holds together in a thin "windowpane" without breaking, the gluten is sufficiently developed. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until incorporated, about 4 minutes. Turn out onto a well-floured surface and knead a few times to form into a ball. The dough will be slightly sticky; don't be tempted to add more flour. Transfer to buttered bowl, turning once to coat, and cover loosely with buttered plastic. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• When dough has doubled, turn out onto a work surface. Pat dough out into a rectangle, roughly 10 by 12 inches with short side facing you. Fold bottom edge two-thirds of the way up the rectangle, and top edge down to cover. Rotate dough 90 degrees and repeat the fold. (This is called a business-letter turn.) Return to buttered bowl and top with buttered plastic. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled in size again, about 1 hour. Remove from bowl, gently deflate, and work into a round boule about 6 inches in diameter. Place a clean dish towel in a medium bowl and generously dust with flour. Place boule, seam-side up, in bowl. Loosely fold floured towel ends over dough to cover. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450 degrees and place a 9- or 9 1/2-inch enameled cast-iron pot in oven with the lid to preheat. When dough is ready, carefully remove the lid, pull back corners of towel, and flip bowl upside down to transfer bread to the heated pot, seam-side down. Quickly slash an "X" in the top of the bread with a serrated knife and using an oven mitt, cover with lid. Return pot to oven and bake 20 minutes. Remove lid and continue to bake until bread feels hollow when tapped and internal temperature registers 205 degrees, 20 to 30 minutes more. Immediately turn bread out of pot onto a cooling rack. Let cool at least 2 hours before slicing.

Steps:

• Soften yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
• Stir in sugar. Let stand 6 minutes or till bubbly.
• (If using instant yeast just stir the yeast and sugar into the flour).
• Meanwhile, in large mixing bowl combine 1 cup (1 1/2 if using instant yeast) warm water with molasses, cocoa, salt, oil, and rye flour. Beat until smooth.
• Add yeast water mixture, stirring to combine (if using active dry yeast).
• Work in all-purpose flour till dough is smooth and no longer sticky, very pliable and elastic.
• Knead a few minutes.
• Let rise till doubled in greased bowl.
• Punch down.
• Shape into 2 large round loaves placed a few inches apart on greased and cornmeal dusted cookie sheet,.
• Spray tops of loaves with cooking spray.
• Cover with towel and place in warm place till doubled.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Score tops of loaves and bake for 30 minutes to 200 degrees or until crust makes a hollow sound when tapped.
• Cool on rack before slicing.

Steps:

• Combine molasses, cooled coffee, & yeast; set aside to proof.
• Combine vegetable oil & brown sugar.
• Combine rest of dry ingredients.
• Add proofed yeast mixture to the oil & sugar.
• Add 1/3 of dry ingredients to wet mixture, then 1/3, and last 1/3.
• Place in large oiled bowl, cover with damp towel & set in warm place to rise until double in size.
• (Bread making tip - patience is required - do let the bread go through its full rise each time!).
• Grease vessel you plan to use for baking (bread pan; 9 x 13 pan, etc).
• Punch down, and form in to shape needed for vessel you plan to bake in ('regular loaf', 12 balls for dinner rolls in 9 x 13 pan, longer for baguette shape, etc).
• Preheat oven to 357* F.
• Let rise until double in size, again.
• Bake in preheated oven - 20 minutes for rolls or 35 minutes for a loaf.
• Bread is done when internal temperature reaches 195 - 200* F.

Steps:

• Mix 3/4 cup wheat flour, 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a bowl.
• Mix in butter and honey.
• Gradually add the buttermilk to dry ingredients and beat with a mixer for about two minutes.
• Add remaining flour until your dough is no longer sticky.
• Knead in the mixed grains.
• Knead for about 10 minutes until elastic and smooth.
• Set dough in a warm spot for about about 60-90 minutes.
• Divide dough in half and roll each half into a 7 inch x 5 inch rectangle.
• Roll up tightly starting at the wide side and pinch the seam.
• Let dough rise until doubled
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Make 3-4 slits in the top of each loaf of bread.
• Bake for 25-35 minutes.
• Remove bread and brush each loaf with egg white + water mixture.
• Place back in the oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes.