Marbled Rye Bread

Adapted from http://redstaryeast.com/marbled-rye-bread/

Marbled Rye Bread

 Ingredients

2 ½ cups lukewarm water (it should feel comfortable on your wrist)

1/3 cup vegetable oil

4 cups bread flour

2 2/3 cups medium rye flour

3 teaspoons sugar

2 teaspoons kosher salt

4 teaspoons caraway seeds – optional

3 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa

Directions

Mix the lukewarm water, yeast and sugar in your mixer bowl and let sit for about 5-10 minutes. The yeast will start to react and turn bubbly and foamy.  That’s exactly what you want to see. The yeast is simply letting you know that it is active and you can go ahead with the recipe.  Turn on your mixer and add the flour one cup at a time. Add the caraway seeds, the salt and the oil to the dough. Mix for a minute or two and then divide the dough in half. Remove 1 half from the mixer. Add cocoa to the dough that remained in the mixer. With the dough hook on your mixer knead for 8-10 minutes. When finished mixing put your dough in a greased bowl. Now take the second half (the half you put aside before) and knead that for 8-10 minutes as well. Once finished kneading put the dough in a greased bowl. You now have 2 bowls with bread dough. One bowl with light dough and 1 bowl with dark dough.

Shaping and Baking

Divide each one of the doughs in half so you have 2 light and 2 dark dough pieces. This will make 2 loafs of bread. On a lightly floured surface roll each dough piece to roughly the size of an 11×7 sheet of paper. For a dark crust place a light rye piece on top of a dark rye. For a light crust place a dark rye piece on top of a light rye. You’ll have 2 stacks of dough. Starting with the shorter side roll them up tightly. Pinch the seam to seal. Place in a greased baking pan, seam side down. Repeat for second loaf. Cover the loaves and let them rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Bake in a 375°F preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool on a rack.

Bread should have an internal temperature of 190°F.