Squaw Honey-Rye Bread
photo by Bonnie G #2
- Ready In:
- 36hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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2 loaves
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup golden raisin, may be pureed
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup water, distilled or 1 cup mineral water, not tap water
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1 cup rye flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄2 tablespoon caramel coloring (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup vital wheat gluten
- 1⁄8 cup dark brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup non-fat powdered milk
- 1⁄3 cup soybean oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast, NOT rapid rise
directions
- 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.
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Reviews
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Absolutely love this bread! We really liked the flour combo, & I appreciated the fact that there were raisins in it! Actually, most of the time we enjoy a nutty, whole grain bread as a stable, but I have enjoyed squaw bread in the past, & now having a recipe that I can rely on makes it especially nice! Definitely a keeper of a recipe, for sure! Thanks for sharing it! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in this fall's round of Pick A Chef]
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DAR, this is one awesome bread. So differant with all the differant flours, a very slight sweet taste that we enjoyed. The texture is perfect for slicing for sandwiches. I did leave out the raisons, as personal preferance (can't stand the things) and mixed the dough in my bread machine for ease and the end results were nothing short of amazing. Can't thank you enough for posting this recipe and you can bet I'll be using it often. Made for PAC Fall 2011
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DAR Lady
Pace, 48
<p>I'm a retired homemaker whose constant companions are a Papillon called Skeeter and a black cat called Tigger that adopted me and follows me everywhere I go. Cooking is my passion and I'm an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I detest rudeness in anyone. My inspiration has always been my maternal grandmother who was the epitome of a southern hostess and from whom I acquired my cooking skills. Then I went to cooking school and learned what all the techniques were called. Baking is probably my number one passion and I love to cook for my freinds.</p>