Pumpernickel

Preparation info
  • Makes

    two

    1½ pound loaves
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Peter Reinhart

Published 1991

  • About

I prefer to use three parts bread flour to one part coarse rye, a combination that provides enough gluten to yield a light loaf and enough rye to give the distinctive rye flavor. The coarser cut, sometimes packaged as pumpernickel flour, gives a heartier texture to the bread than fine ground rye flour, so I think of it as a country bread.

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