This slightly sweet bread is made with rye flour and raisins—two healthy and delicious foods. Rich in fiber, rye is purported to help with weight loss since its high water-binding capacity quickly gives a feeling of fullness, which can help prevent over-eating. Besides being a great snack food, sweet raisins may actually help keep your teeth and gums healthy by effectively killing the bacteria that cause cavities. Now there's a reason to skip the sugary snacks and go for raisins instead
RECIPE 3 hours 30 minutes
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Rye Raisin Bread
Omega's baker, Tim McGuire, shares his recipe for this slightly sweet—and delicious—rye raisin bread.
By Tim McGuire
- Prep Time:
- 3 hr |
- Cook Time:
- 30 min
Makes 4 loaves
Ingredients
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4 cups all purpose flour
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1 cup rye flour
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2 tablespoons cocoa powder
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2 1/2 cups hot water
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2/3 cup brewed coffee
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3/4 cup unsulphured molasses
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2 1/2 tablespoons compressed yeast
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2 tablespoons sea salt
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2 cups golden raisins
Directions
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Mix
Place all of the ingredients except yeast, salt, and raisins into a bread mixer. Mix with a dough hook for 6 minutes on slow speed. Add the salt. Continue mixing for three more minutes. Add the raisins, and mix again for 1–2 minutes.
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Bench
Allow the dough to rise until doubled in volume then punch it down. Allow the dough to rise until doubled again, and give it another punch. Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces, about 1 1/2 pounds each. Shape into round loaves, set the bottoms in corn meal, then place on parchment-lined sheet trays.
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Oven
Allow loaves to rise once more, then bake at 350 degrees (in a convection oven, if you have one) for 25–30 minutes. Steam three times during baking by spraying a mist of water from a squirt bottle. Cool the bread on wire racks. Loaves can be stored in the freezer for later enjoyment.
© 2012 Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
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