Rye Bread First and Second Try

Rye Bread First Try

Rye Bread The Second Try

I decided to have some more fun with the bread maker.  I figured I would try doing some rye bread.  The first try I used the recipe for rye bread that came with by bread machine.  I was not so happy with it.  It only had about an ounce and a half of rye flour to about 17 1/2 ounce of bread flour.  I found it tasted to much like white bread and the texture was a bit dense.  For the second try I increased the amount of rye flour to about 9 oz to about 10 oz of bread four.  It seems much lighted and has more complexity.  The only small issue I had with the second try is I cracked the cre\ust when pulling it out of the pan, but it is just cosmetic.

Recipe:

10 oz bread flour

9 oz dark rye flour

2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp margarine

3 Tbsp sugar

12.5 oz of water

1.5 tsp dry yeast

Throw it all in the bread machine and let it do its magic.