Classic Sourdough Rye

Name: Classic Sourdough Rye
Ingredients: 1¼ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1¾ teaspoons bread machine yeast; 1 tablespoon caraway seeds; 1½ teaspoons salt; 2¼ cups bread flour; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 cup Next-Day Rye Sourdough Starter; 1½ cups water; 1 teaspoon SAF yeast or 1½ teaspoons bread machine yeast; 1 teaspoon SAF yeast or 1½ teaspoons bread machine yeast; 1½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 3 cups bread flour; 1½ cups light or medium rye flour; 1½ cups light or medium rye flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 1¼ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1¾ teaspoons bread machine yeast; 1½ tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; ½ teaspoon SAF or bread machine yeast; 1⅛ cups light or medium rye flour; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted; ½ teaspoon SAF or bread machine yeast; ¾ cup Next-Day Rye Sourdough Starter; 1⅛ cups light or medium rye flour; 1⅛ cups water

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

About

This is a nice, easy-to-make sandwich loaf that features the classic combination of sourdough, caraway, and rye flour baked all the way through in the machine. For the best flavor and texture use light rye flour, which is ground from just the endosperm like white wheat flour. This bread is best made with Next-Day Rye Sourdough Starter.

Ingredients

1½-Pound Loaf

For the sponge

¾ cup Next-Day Rye Sourdough Starter
1⅛ cups water</

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

To make the sponge, place the sponge ingredients in the bread pan. Program for the Dough cycle; press Start. When the machine beeps at the end of the cycle, press Stop and unplug the machine. Let the sponge starter sit in the machine for 8 hours, or as long as overnight.
To make the dough, place all the dough ingredients in the bread pan with the sponge accordi