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Bob's Red Mill Three Bread Braid
2007 Oregon's Best Winner

Yield: 2-3 loaves

Ingredients and Preparation

Rye Bread:

  • 1½ cups water

  • ½ cup packed brown sugar

  • 2 teaspoons caraway seed

  • ¼ cup oil

  • 1 teaspoon grated orange peel

  • 1 tablespoon molasses

  • ½ cup butter milk

Boil all ingredients together for 3 minutes. Cool to lukewarm. Add 1 package of yeast and stir thoroughly. Gradually add the following:

  • ½ cup pumpkin

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 2 tablespoons Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Flour

  • 2 ½ cups Bob’s Unbleached White Flour

  • 1 ½ -2 cups Bob’s Dark Rye Flour

Mix well and add another 1 ½ -2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Unbleached White Flour as needed to form a fairly hard dough. Dough should be elastic and easy to handle.

Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Punch down and knead lightly and shape as desired.

Cover and let rise again about 1 hour.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until bread sounds hallow when tapped on. Butter top and sprinkle with salt.


2007 Bob's Best Home-baked Bread Contest - Bob's Red Mill Flour
Cindy Gallagher
Klamath County

This recipe has not been tested by the Agri