Tuesday, November 5, 2013

pumpernickel loaves: tuesdays with dorie

this weeks challenge was pumpernickel loaves.  the recipe was contributed to the pbs series and the book by lauren groveman and you can find it on her website by following this link.  rye and pumpernickel bread have always been a favorite of mine.  actually, to be honest, i am a huge fan of toast and rye and pumpernickel breads are my favorite breads to toast.  i could literally eat an entire loaf, sliced and toasted and slathered with butter.

the recipe was a bit different from the usual pumpernickel recipes.  sure it called for rye flour and caraway seeds.  it wouldn't be pumpernickel without them.  but this recipe also called for yogurt, espresso powder, unsweetened chocolate and prune lekvar.  because i was curious to try the combination, i followed the ingredient list closely with one exception; i did not have any prune lekvar and did not have time to make it so i used what i had, pumpkin butter.  funny thing is, it was unnoticeable!  i plan to make this bread again but may just use plain pumpkin puree.  to see what the other bakers came up with, visit the tuesdays with dorie page.

the ingredients were not the only unusual feature of the recipe.  once the loaves are shaped, the recipe calls for suspending them in towel slings.

not being a big caraway fan, i did not put any seeds on the outside of the loaf.  it just got the egg white glaze to give it a shine.

now that's some fine bread with butter!

time to step away from the table...

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8 comments:

  1. The bread in the slings looks great!

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  2. That is some fine bread, indeed! Having tried it but I was thinking that a date paste might work for this recipe as well.

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  3. Beautiful bread!! Really great pics. I enjoyed making this bread and am glad it turned out.

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  4. Nice photos with the slings! I was tempted to use the pumpkin butter I had left over from another bake... probably should have! Your photographs are really nice.

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  5. Great photos! Good to know pumpkin butter also worked, getting tips like this is one of the things I like about the TWD group.

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  6. Pumpkin butter - nice substitution.
    I thought the prune melded in well with the other ingredients, but the length of the ingredient list did give me pause.

    Thanks for posting the picture of the bread slings early on Instagram - after seeing your post, I made sure to carefully read the recipe before jumping in.

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  7. Great photos! I especially like the one of the slings. This bread was good with a slather of butter.

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  8. You made the H O L E S ... I was not brave enough! ;-) and hung my loaf with a ribbon...
    Your photos are beautiful.
    I love toasted pumpernickel with butter.... Actually it has been my breakfast for a while (I still have some in the freezer)

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