Pumpernickel Bread

Name: Pumpernickel Bread
Ingredients: yellow cornmeal; unsweetened chocolate squares; warm water; cold mashed potatoes; active-dry-yeast; caraway seeds; all-purpose flour; rye flour; salt; molasses; margarine; butter; egg yolk; water

Preparation info

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Cooking for Crowds

By Merry White

Published 1974

About

Pumpernickel is a bread with a secret. Some say it is prunes that distinguish it; this recipe claims it is chocolate. It will make three round loaves, which, thinly sliced, should provide appetizer portions (with chopped chicken livers, for instance) for 50.

Ingredients

Dough

unsweetened chocolate squares (1 oz each)

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water. Then, in a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, potatoes, 3 cups of the warm water, chocolate, molasses, salt, butter or margarine, and caraway seeds.

In a very large bowl (I use a 5-gallon kettle) place the remaining