Wholewheat-Rye Bread

Name: Wholewheat-Rye Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 13 h
Yield: Makes 1 small loaf
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil or melted butter; 250 g good-quality wholewheat flour; 250 g good-quality rye flour; 1 tsp salt; 300–325 ml lukewarm water; 1 × 7 g sachet yeast (or double weight fresh); 1 × 7 g sachet yeast (or double weight fresh); 1 Tbsp olive oil or melted butter

Preparation info

Makes
1
small loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
13 hr

Appears in

Wholesome

By Sarah Graham

Published 2017

About

This recipe can easily be doubled, just increase the kneading time by another 5–10 minutes.

Ingredients

What you’ll Need

300–325 ml lukewarm water
1 × 7 g sachet yeast (or double weight fresh)

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

What to do

In a bowl, mix together the water, yeast and olive oil, stir and leave to stand until the yeast is activated (the water will start to foam gently).
To a large mixing bowl, add the flours. Add the salt on one side of the bowl (you will add the yeast to the opposite side of the bowl – salt and yeast are not friends, so minimise initial contac