Apple Butter Rye Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple juice ⓘ
- 1/2 cup water ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice ⓘ
- 1/2 cup apple butter ⓘ
- 1 large egg (beaten)
- 2 tablespoons butter (softened) ⓘ
- 1 cup walnuts (chopped, then toasted in a hot dry iron skillet) ⓘ
- 2 1/3 cups bread flour ⓘ
- 1 cup whole wheat flour ⓘ
- 1 1/3 cups rye flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar ⓘ
- 30 green cardamom pods (OPTIONAL ~ open pods and grind seeds with the brown sugar above) ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons powdered milk ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten, PLUS ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon vital wheat gluten ⓘ
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt ⓘ
Instructions
- Put first six ingredients into bread machine pan.
- Toast chopped walnuts in a hot dry iron skillet ~ set aside in a large bowl to cool.
- Measure flours and add to bowl with toasted walnuts.
- Shell cardamom pods and grind the seeds with brown sugar ~ add to bowl of dry ingredients.
- Add dry milk powder and vital wheat gluten to other dry ingredients.
- Spoon dry ingredients into bread machine pan, on top of wet ingredients.
- In one corner of bread machine pan, add salt ~ in an opposite corner, add the bread machine yeast.
- Select DOUGH CYCLE ~ after about 10 minutes of mixing, check dough consistency ~ if too dry, add water one tablespoon at a time ~ if too wet, add flour one tablespoon at a time, until dough is smooth and not ragged.
- Divide dough and shape into two one-pound loaves ~ LET DOUGH RISE UNTIL DOUBLED. ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR PROPER RISE ~ If dough doesn't rise enough, the bread will be dense!
- For two one-pound loaves, bake in a preheated 350F oven, in glass pans, for 20 minutes ~ tent with foil and continue baking another 10-15 minutes.
- For one two-pound loaf, bake in a preheated 350F oven, in glass pans, for 20 minutes ~ tent with foil and continue baking another 20-25 minutes.
- NOTE: I have not baked this recipe in a complete bread machine baking cycle.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1050
kcal
53% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).