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.

Lemon Poppyseed Bread with Blueberry Jam

I used the bread maker again.  Came out even better this time.  I think in order to get a good crust you really need to pull it out hot and not let it cool in the bread maker.

Bread:
Bread Flour 3.25 Cups
Water 1.5 cups
Yeast 1.5tsp
Poppy Seeds 3 Tbsp
Dried Crushed Lemon Peel 2 Tbsp
Sugar 2 Tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Margarine 3 Tbsp

I added it all in the bread maker and let it do its magic.

Jam:
6 Cups of Blueberries
3 Cups Sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
Lemon Juice 1/4 cup

Great mistake

So I was trying to make roasted garlic bread in my bread machine.  I accidentally turned off the machine at the time I was supposed to add the garlic.  I decided to just bake them based loosely on a method from Alton Brown.  The pulled the dough out of the bread machine shaped it studded it with roasted garlic and let it rise.  The important part here is slashing the top of the loaf, the corn starch wash, and the water pan in the oven.  These work together to create a great crispy crust along with a soft crumb.  Odds are this loaf won't make it past tomorrow night.