German Bread: A Delicious Whole-Wheat Seeded Rye Loaf
Print recipe| Dietary | Vegan |
| Meal type | Bread |
| Region | German |
| Website | All Tastes German |
Here's an adaptation of mine for a healthy seed bread, named “Körnerbrot” in German. The recipe is originally from All Taste German. My modifications were based on simplifying a couple steps for ease of making and baking. I love the results.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rye Flour
- 4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 teaspoon Bread Spice (1/4 tsp fennel seed, 1/4 tsp anise, 1/4 tsp. caraway, 1/4 tsp. coriander seed)
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 2 teaspoons kosher or sea salt
- 2 cups very warm water
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup honey (may substitute maple syrup)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar or molasses
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup walnuts (or use any combo of your favorite nuts or seeds)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Make bread spice: grind the four spices together until gritty and well-mixed. Pestle or mortar, and handheld coffee grinders work well. | |
| Dry Ingredients | |
| Step 2 | |
| Add to electric mixer: all flour, bread spice, salt, and yeast. Blend. | |
| Wet Ingredients | |
| Step 3 | |
| In separate bowl mix: water, oil, honey, molasses, and vinegar | |
| Combine Ingredients | |
| Step 4 | |
| Slowly stream liquid mixture into flour mixture on low speed, using dough hook attachment. Mix for 5 minutes. Cover bowl and let rest for 30 mins. The dough will not rise much. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Add nuts to dough and mix until thoroughly combined, about 2-3 mins. Cover dough and let rest for an hour. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Remove dough from bowl, shape into bread pans filling to half side height for sandwich size slices. For more rustic bread, form large oval loaf and bake on baking sheet. | |
| Step 7 | |
| Preheat oven to 400 F | |
| Step 8 | |
| Bake bread for 20 minutes then lower to 350 F | |
| Step 9 | |
| Bake until internal temperature is 185-190. Digital cooking (or meat) thermometers are a wonderful addition to the baker's pantry. | |
| Step 10 | |
| Remove and cool. Whip up some butter and honey and prepare to be transported to bread capital of Europe: Germany! | |