Light Caraway Rye Bread For the Bread Machine

Rye Bread for the Bread Maker literally takes 5 minutes to put together and is so much tastier than store bought!

There are several types of rye bread. Each bread is suitable for a different purpose.

This light rye bread is great for sandwiches, toasting and just eating warm out of the oven!

Look at the gorgeous texture this bread has! It is so firm, yet airy!

I hate the bread you by at the grocery stores now. It does not even resemble bread. There is no flavor or texture. Just empty calories, in my personal opinion.

What you need

• water
• vegetable oil
• egg
• salt
• sugar
• rye flour
• white bread flour
• vital wheat gluten
• caraway seeds
• yeast

Making bread without a bread machine isn’t difficult, but using a bread machine frees up your time to do other things.

Making Rye Bread in a Bread Machine

For dough only

1. Add water to machine insert.
2. Then add oil and eggs.
3. Next salt.
4. and sugar.
5. Then bread flour,
6. rye flour,
7. vital wheat gluten.
8. Finally add yeast. Make an indentation in the flour and add the yeast in the hole. Then set machine on the dough cycle.
9. Let it go until the bread is done kneading and rising.

Baking bread in oven

• Carefully remove the bread pan from the machine so that you don’t get burned.
• When the dough is finished, remove it to a bowl, coated with oil and roll dough around. Punch dough down. Cut the dough in half and shape into loaves, if doing 2 pounds of dough.
• With the seam side down, place each half in an oiled 5″x 9″ loaf pan. cover with a dry kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until loaves have risen to the top of the bread pans.
• Let dough rise until doubled. Preheat oven.
• Place bread pans in oven. Bake.
• Once bread is done, (See tips below.) Cool on wire rack for 10-15 minutes. Remove from bread pans and continue to cool on rack until cool.
• Once bread has risen place in the center of a preheated 350°F oven. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until golden brown and internal temperature is approximately 190°F.

Pro tip: Turn your oven on low heat and place the bread near the vent for the oven. Then cover it and let it rise. Do not place the pan directly under the vent, just near it. Turn the pans around occasionally to get even rising. The bread will rise faster.

I always just run the dough cycle for bread because I don’t like a square bread with a hole in one end from the paddle. You can cook the bread in your machine, if you would prefer.

Running the bread through a bread cycle

• To bake the bread in your machine, add all of the ingredients in the order given. When adding the yeast, make a small dent in the flour and pour the yeast in the depression.
• Start your machine on the rye bread setting, if your machine has one. If it does not refer to your machine’s owners manual.
• Let the bread machine finish the baking cycle.
• Carefully remove the bread pan from the machine so that you don’t get burned.
• After about 10 minutes, remove bread and the paddle. Cool on wire rack.

Tips for testing bread doneness

• Sight. Is your bread golden brown?
• Rap test. Rap the bread in the center with your knuckle. If the bread sounds hollow, it’s done.
• Temperature. All breads should be cooked to 190°F / 90°C

If you have a newer bread machine, and you like the shape of the bread, by all means, go ahead and cook it in your bread machine, as well!

To make it by hand or with a stand mixer.

Alternately, you can do this rye bread by hand, or in your mixer, as well.

The mixer with a dough hook will do all of the work that the bread machine will do, except rise and bake the bread.

• Follow the steps above for the bread machine, instead placing ingredients in the mixer bowl.
• With dough hook attached, knead dough about 5 minutes until smooth and soft dough forms.
• Divide dough and shape into loaves.
• With the seam side down, place each half in an oiled 5″x 9″ loaf pan. cover with a dry kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until loaves have risen to the top of the bread pans.
• Once bread has risen place in the center of a preheated 350°F oven. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until golden brown and internal temperature is approximately 190°F.

To make the bread by hand, use the above steps to make it in the mixer except the dough should be kneaded for 15-20 minutes until dough is smooth and silky.

The Origins of Rye Bread

It may be due to my German heritage that I am crazy for rye bread.

According to the NY times, the quote on the wall outside of the Berlin baker’s guild’s directors office is, “Holy and eternal is bread. It keeps you from hunger and misery. The Creator himself gave it to us. He who dishonors bread dishonors life itself.”

Rye bread, in particular, is beloved in Germany. Light rye, dark rye or pumpernickel, they all have a different flavor and purpose.

Other Delicious Bread Recipes

• Brioche
• English Muffins
• Honey Cornbread
• Zucchini, Onion Cheese Bread
• Cozonac

Tools I Use to Make Rye Bread

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• bread machine
• my favorite yeast

Check out the wonderful home made Reuben Sandwiches that we made with this tasty rye!

Also this YouTube Video will take you through the step by step assembly of these great sandwiches!

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Rye Bread For the Bread Machine

Let you bread machine do all the work!

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Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours

Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

Servings: 16 slices

Calories: 148kcal

Author: Beth Neels

Cost: $2

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 Tbs Vegetable Oil
• ▢ 1 1/3 c Warm Water
• ▢ 1 Egg
• ▢ 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• ▢ 2 tsp Sugar
• ▢ 1 1/2 c rye flour
• ▢ 3 c white bread flour
• ▢ 1/4 c vital gluten
• ▢ 1 Tbs caraway seed
• ▢ 2 tsp active dry yeast

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Instructions

• Place all ingredients in Bread Machine in the order given. Water should be between 105°F / 40°C and 110°F / 43°C so I usually make sure the water is at least 115°F / 46°C because it will cool down when you are putting the rest of the ingredients together.
• I never cook the bread in the bread maker because I hate the shape of loaf and the paddle hole ruins the appearance so I place the bread maker on the ‘dough only’ setting.
• When the dough is finished, remove it to a bowl, coated with oil and roll dough around. Cut the dough in half and shape into loaves.
• With the seam side down, place each half in an oiled 5″x 9″ loaf pan. cover with a dry kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until loaves have risen to the top of the bread pans.
• Once bread has risen place in the center of a preheated 350°F / 175°C oven. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until golden brown and internal temperature is approximately 190°F / 85°C.

Bread Pan

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Notes

Tips for yeast breads:

You can “bloom” yeast in water or milk and sugar to see if it is still active. Liquid should be very warm.

Always check package of yeast for recommended temperature of liquid, different types and brands bloom best at different temps.

Don’t rush the rising process. Dough should be doubled in the pan.

Rise dough in a warm spot, covered with a clean kitchen towel. I usually turn the oven on low and place the rising dough near the exhaust of the oven. Not directly under the exhaust, but on top of the stove.

General Baking Tips:

Always measure dry ingredients with a dry measuring cup. Measure with dry measuring cups or weigh dry ingredients.

Always measure liquid ingredients with liquid measuring cup

Never break eggs directly into recipe ingredients. Break eggs into a separate bowl, in case you get any shells, so that you can pull them out.

Make sure that you know what temperature your oven is set at. Buy an oven thermometer and check oven temperature regularly.

Always check baked goods, like cakes or quick breads with cake tester, placed in center. If the tester comes out clean, it’s done.

Nutrition

Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 222mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 2g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1.5mg

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Originally Published 04/2016