Recipe(tried): Pumpernickel Bread and Raisin Pumpernickel Bread

Pumpernickel Bread

This is my husband's favorite bread recipe. He especially likes it toasted!

1 cup plus 3 tablespoons warm water (110 degrees F.)
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons firmly-packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup pumpernickel flour
3/4 cup rye flour
2 tablespoons gluten flour
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
1 tablespoon instant active dry yeast

Place all ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select dough setting and press start. When dough cycle has finished, remove dough from pan and turn out onto a lightly oiled surface. Form dough into an oval, cover and let rest for 10 minutes.

After resting, turn dough bottom side up and press to flatten. Fold dough into an envelope by folding the top 1/3 of the way to the bottom. Then fold the bottom a 1/3 of the way over the top. Then press dough with the palm of your hand to make an indentation down the center of the dough and fold the top completely to the bottom, sealing the seam with the palm of your hand.

Place on a jelly roll pan dusted with cornmeal; cover and place in a warm spot to rise for approximately 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

After dough has risen, slash the bread with a very sharp knife making three 1/2-inch deep diagonal slashes. Brush the top of the bread with cold water and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until nicely browned. (A good check is to use an instant thermometer to test your bread. The temperature should be between 200 and 210 degrees.)

Makes 1 1/2-pound loaf.

source..Marian Wright
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Raisin Pumpernickel Bread

This dark, dense loaf gets its color and intense flavor from the molasses, cocoa, and coffee. This bread is delicious anytime of day.

1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup lukewarm strong coffee (110 degrees F.)
1/2 cup lukewarm water or milk (110 degrees F.)
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Dutch process cocoa
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
1/2 cup bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup light rye flour*
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon instant active dry yeast
Cornmeal

* For a denser bread, subsitute pumpernickel flour

In a small bowl, soak raisins in hot water; set aside.

BREAD MACHINE: Add all the ingredients except raisins and cornmeal in the bread pan of bread machine. Process according to manufacturer's instructions for a dough setting.

NOTE: Don't be afraid to open the lid and check the dough. It should form a nice elastic ball. When the bread machine has completed the dough cycle, remove the dough from the pan to a lightly floured surface. Drain the raisins. Discard the water and add raisins to the dough. Knead the dough with the raisins to mix the raisins in and form the dough into an oval; cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.

STANDUP MIXER: In a large bowl or in the bowl of a 5 quart stand mixer, add all the ingredients except raisins. Using dough hook, mix everything together into a uniform dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until elastic, adding drained raisins, about 15 minutes. NOTE: In an electric mixer, it should take about 9 minutes. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.

After resting, knead dough on a lightly floured board by pulling the dough towards you and then pushing down and forward with the palms of your hands (kneading gives the bread the elasticity and lets it rise).

Place the dough in a lightly oiled large bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Let rise approximately 1 hour or until it doubles in volume (when you can put your finger in the dough and it leaves and indentation and doesn't spring back out).

After dough has risen, remove from bowl, and place on a lightly floured board. Shape dough either into a loaf shape or a 10-inch disk; place on a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet that is dusted with cornmeal (I use the new silpads instead of cornmeal). Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size, approximately 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. After rising, dust the top of the bread with rye flour and slash the bread with a bread razor or a very sharp knife making three 1/2-inch deep diagonal slashes. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until nicely browned. (A good check is to use an instant digital thermometer to test your bread. The temperature should be between 200 and 210 degrees.) Remove from oven and place the bread on a wire rack to cool. Let baked loaf cool for 30 minutes before cutting (this is because the bread is still cooking while it is cooling).

Makes 1 large loaf

Source..Marianne Wright