Didn't know but what someone might find this interesting... Keri Cathey
in Tulsa
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RUSSIAN BLACK BREAD
4 c unsifted rye flour
3 c unsifted white flour
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
2 c whole bran cereal
2 tbsp crushed caraway seed
2 tsp instant coffee powder
2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp crushed fennel seed
2 pkg dry yeast
2 1/2 c water
1/4 c cider vinegar
1/4 c dark molasses
1 sq (1 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
1/4 c margarine or butter
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 c cold water
Combine rye and white flours. Measure 2 1/3 cups of the flour mixture
into a large mixing bowl; add sugar, salt, cereal, caraway seeds,
instant coffee, onion powder, fennel seed and dry yeast (undissolved).
Combine 2 1/2 cups water, vinegar, molasses, chocolate and butter or
margarine in a saucepan and place over low heat just until mixture is
warm. Chocolate and butter-margarine need not melt. Add this mixture
gradually to dry ingredients and beat for 2 minutes at medium speed,
scraping bowl occasionally. Add 1/2 cup more flour mixture, or enough
to make a thick batter. Beat at high speed 2 more minutes, keeping
sides of bowl scraped. Stir in enough more of the flour to make a soft
dough. Turn out on lightly floured board. Cover dough with warm bowl
and let rest 15 minutes. Then knead it about 15 minutes until smooth
and elastic. It will still be a bit sticky.
Place the kneaded dough in well buttered or oiled bowl and turn over
once to bring greased side up. Cover with a heavy towel. Let rise in
sheltered warm place until doubled in bulk. Punch down, turn out on
lightly floured board. Cut in half. Shape each half into a ball each
about 5 inches in diameter. Set each in center of greased 8 inch round
cake pan. Cover, let rise until doubled. Bake in preheated 350 degree
oven about 1/2 hour. Meanwhile combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup cold
water in saucepan; stir constantly over low heat until mixture boils 1
minute. As soon as bread has finished baking, brush cornstarch mixture
over tops of loaves and return to oven to bake 2 to 3 minutes more to
set glaze. Turn out of pans to cool on wire racks.