Terri,
Here's a recipe I have for a bread at Outback.
Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread
Along with an entree at this popular steakhouse chain, comes a freshly
baked loaf of this dark,
sweet bread, served on it's own cutting board with soft whipped
butter. One distinctive feature
of the bread is its color.
How does the bread get so dark? While you may notice the recipe
includes instant coffee and
cocoa, these ingredients will not give it it's deep dark chocolate
brown color - not even close.
Usually breads that are this dark -- such as pumpernickel or dark bran
muffins -- contain
caramel color, an ingredient often used in the industry to darken
foods. Since your local
supermarket will not likely have this mostly commercial product, we
will make the caramel
color from a mixture of three food colorings -- red, yellow and blue.
Just be sure to get the
food coloring in the little droppers so that you can count the drops
as you measure. That's very
important to getting the color just right. You may also opt to keep
the color out. The bread will
certainly taste the same, but will look nothing like the real deal. I
suggest using a bread
machine for the mixing and kneading, if you have one.
1 lb. (small) 1½ lb. (medium) 2 lb. (large)
Water 1½ cups
Butter 2 Tbs.
Honey ½ cup
Bread Flour 2 cups
Whole Wheat Flour 1q cups
Cocoa 1 Tbs.
Sugar 1 Tbs.
Instant Coffee 2 tsp.
Salt 1 tsp.
Yeast 2¼ tsp. (1 pkg.)
Water ½ cup
Red Food Coloring 75 drops
Blue Food Coloring 45 drops
Yellow Food Coloring 30
drops
Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturer's directions.
Once the machine begins to mix the dough, combine the food coloring
with ¼ cup water and
drizzle it into the mixture as it combines.
After the dough is done, let it rest to rise for about an hour.
Remove it from the pan when the dough has doubled.
Punch dough down and divide it into 8 even portions.
Form the portions into tubular loaves about 8 inches long and 2 inches
wide.
Sprinkle the loves with cornmeal and place them on a cookie sheet.
Cover and let rise for another hour.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF and bake loaves for 20-24 minutes.
Loaves should begin to lightly darken on top when done.
Hope this helps,
Pete
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