European Bread Setting Recipe

Russian Black Bread

1.5-POUND LOAF

INGREDIENTS

1 POUND LOAF

1 cup

Water (75°– 85°F or 24°– 30°C)

3/4 cup

1/3 cup

Prepared strong coffee (75°-85°F)

1/4 cup

3 Tbsp.

Unsulphured molasses

2 Tbsp.

2 Tbsp.

Butter or margarine, softened

1 Tbsp.

2-2/3 cups

Bread machine flour

2 cups

1-1/3 cups

Rye flour

1 cup

3 Tbsp.

Unsweetened cocoa powder

2 Tbsp.

1 tsp.

Salt

3/4 tsp.

1 tsp.

Caraway seeds

3/4 tsp.

1/2 tsp.

Fennel seeds, lightly crushed

1/4 tsp.

1-1/2 tsp.

Bread machine yeast

1-1/4 tsp.

1Attach kneading blade in the bread pan.

2Place ingredients into the bread pan in the following order: water, coffee, molasses and butter, then add the bread flour, rye flour, cocoa powder, salt, caraway and fennel seeds.

3With finger, make a small indentation on one side of the flour. Add yeast to indentation, making sure it does not come in contact with the liquid ingredients.

4Carefully insert bread pan into breadmaker and gently close lid.

5Plug the power cord into a wall outlet.

6Press the Menu button until the “European Bread” program is selected.

7Press the Loaf button to select the desired size loaf (1 or 1.5 lb. loaf).

8Press the Start button

9When the baking cycle is complete, press the stop button.

10 Open the lid and, using oven mitts, firmly grasp the bread-pan handle and gently pull the pan straight up and out of the machine.

CAUTION: The breadmaker and pan may be very hot! Always handle with care.

11Unplug the breadmaker and let bread cool before removing from baking pan.

12After the bread machine and bread pan has cooled down

13Use a nonstick spatula to gently loosen the sides of the bread from the pan; turn bread pan upside down onto a wire cooling rack and gently shake until bread falls out onto rack.

14Turn bread right-side up and cool for about 20 minutes before slicing. *On this program, the crust color is automatically set for Medium.

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Sunbeam 5890 user manual European Bread Setting Recipe, Russian Black Bread

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