Russian Black Bread

Name: Russian Black Bread
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 400 ml/14 fl oz/scant 1¾ cups water; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup rye flour; 90 g/3¼ oz/¾ cup wholemeal bread flour; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups unbleached white bread flour; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp oat bran; 240 ml/8½ fl oz/generous 1 cup water; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil; 22 ml/1½ tbsp molasses; 360 ml/12½ fl oz/generous 1½ cups water; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup dried breadcrumbs; 155 g/5½ oz/1⅓ cups rye flour; 190 g/6½ oz/1⅝ cups rye flour; 280 g/10 oz/2½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 100 g/3½ oz/scant 1 cup dried breadcrumbs; 40 ml/2½ tbsp molasses; 30 ml/2 tbsp cocoa powder; 30 ml/2 tbsp instant coffee granules; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp oat bran; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup dried breadcrumbs; 15 ml/1 tbsp cocoa powder (unsweetened); 22 ml/1½ tbsp instant coffee granules; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp caraway seeds; 10 ml/2 tsp easy bake dried yeast; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 22 ml/1½ tbsp cocoa powder

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

European rye breads often include cocoa and coffee to add colour to this dark traditionally dense, chewy bread. Try it as the basis of an open sandwich.

Ingredients

Small

240 ml/8½ fl oz/generous 1 cup water
30

Europe
Russia
Vegetarian
Bread
Eastern Europe

Method

Pour the water, sunflower oil and molasses into the bread machine pan. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the bread pan first, then simply reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle over the rye, wholemeal and white flours, then the oat bran and breadcrumbs, ensuring that the