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Well, Here iswhat I came up with ladies.
It is one I make about twice a year. It is delicious and well worth the trouble.
My 86 year mother-in-law adores it and my wife and I do too. The rest of the family doesnt get it too often...theres a whole lot of them.....they lke it too much....
I make it into a long loaf rather than a round one as the slices are easier to handle.
I like to cool it, slice it, put the slices on a cookie sheet separated by wax paper then freeze them.
After freezing I puthem into ziplock bags. The slices keep apart and we take them out as needed. I have kept tis bread frozen for 3 months and it is just as good each time I use it.
Dark Pumpernickel bread
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups of boiling water
¼ cup of plain cocoa (not the sweet stuff)
½ cup of Balsamic vinegar
½ cup of dark molasses
2 TBS of Caraway seeds
2 tsp of instant coffee granules
2 ¼ TBS of dry yeast (I use regular yeast, not fast rising)
½ cup of warm water (about 110 degrees F)
1 TBS sugar
1 TBS salt
4 cups of dark rye flour
1 cup of unprocessed wheat bran
2 ½ cups of whole-wheat flour
1½ cups of all -purpose white flour
Some cornmeal for the tray
Method
Combine boiling water, cocoa, vinegar, molasses, caraway seeds and coffee in a large bowl;
cool to 105-110 degrees F.
In a small bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in the warm water; let stand 10 minutes.
Add the yeast mixture to the cocoa mixture (be sure that the cocoa mixture has cooled enough)
Add the rye flour, bran and salt, and mix well.
Add in the whole-wheat flour and then the white flour a little at a time. If you have a dough hook, use it.
If not you may have to get your hands in here. The dough must be fairly firm and pull from bowl.
Do not add too much flour or it will be too stiff to rise and will crumble. You want it to feel sticky but not
enough to have any dough stick to your fingers when you pull them away.
Pull the dough from the bowl onto a floured board and knead for approx. 5-6 minutes (if you used a dough
hook previously), if you did not, then knead for 9-10 minutes
It should not however, be kneaded to the point where it begins to tear, but it should be smooth.
Lightly oil a large bowl, put the dough in and turn it over so that it has a light coating of the oil. Cover the bowl with a cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until completely doubled, about 2½ hours.
Punch it down, and turn out onto the board again. Roll it to press the air out, and then form into a long, or round loaf. Sprinkle the cornmeal over a good cookie tray. Place the loaf on the tray, cover with a cloth again let rise again about hour at least until doubled in size.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes (The bottom will sound hollow when tapped)
Let cool down before slicing (tastes better that way)
