Faux Pumpernickel Bread

Name: Faux Pumpernickel Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lightly crushed caraway seeds, plus extra whole seeds; 1 teaspoon salt; 450 g wholemeal flour; oil, for greasing; 25 g fresh yeast; 185 ml tepid water; 100 ml black treacle

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

Reminiscent of pumpernickel but a fraction of the work and still delicious.

Dried yeast may be used instead of fresh yeast. Follow the same method but use only half the weight as given for fresh yeast and give it more time to rise.

Ingredients

450 g wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon<

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegan

Method

Mix the flour with the salt and lightly crushed caraway seeds in a large bowl.

In a small bowl, mix the treacle with 140ml of the tepid water, crumble in the yeast and set aside. After about 5 minutes, it will have a creamy, slightly frothy appearance on top.

Meanwhile, oil a 13cm × 20cm (450g) loaf tin.

When the yeast looks creamy and slightly frothy, give it a stir and