Bread maker 50% rye loaf
I really like the taste of bread made with rye flour, but in the bread-maker options to use it are a bit more limited, in fact the best we can do is about 50% rye flour to 50% plain white bread flour. This recipe really delivers and upon tasting, everyone agreed this was possibly one the best loaves in the bread-maker so far.
As rye flour is both a wholemeal flour, and naturally has a lower gluten content than wheat flour anyway, then we must add a higher gluten flour into the mix so that we can get a spring dough with a reasonable rise. That’s the reason for the 50% white bread flour in this recipe. As this is rye base, for the sugar you can use a rich dark sugar such as muscovado or other brown sugar.
Bread maker everything rye/spelt/wholemeal loaf
I was coming toward the end of a few bags of flour, so it seemed like a good time to try a bread-maker recipe based on all the flours I had left. It came out much better than I expected, so I would go so far that I would try making it again.
Although this sounds quite exotic, it can be made in just about any bread-maker on the regular setting. I would probably recommend the darker/longer bake setting if you like the crust to be crunchy.
Bread maker 50% wholemeal loaf
This hearty 50% wholemeal bread tastes fantastic and can be made on the regular setting in the bread-maker. Using a good strong white flour it will raise well producing a nice and light loaf.
Wholemeal flour still contains more of the bran/outer shell, and as a result it has a lot less gluten than white flour. Given this, the bread-maker has a special mode for wholemeal flour that allows more proving time. If this mode is used with white bread flour (even 50%) then the dough will over-prove and often collapse during cooking.
Bread maker seeded wholemeal loaf
When you want a wholemeal loaf without much effort, then this easy recipe that can be made in the bread maker is a good option. This recipe produces a tasty loaf that rises well, and just requires a bread-maker that has a wholemeal setting (most do).
Remember, you don’t need a particularly fancy bread-maker to get good results. I have an Ambiano machine that was bought from Aldi several years ago and it works perfectly well quite honestly. There’s a few features I would “like” in a better machine, but it is more than good enough.
Bread maker pumpernickel lite loaf
Sometimes you just want a loaf that can be made entirely in the bread maker from start to finish. This is a loaf that I’ve been making in the bread-maker for many a year now and it is a real treat. It is not a “real” pumpernickel, but I call it a “pumpernickel lite”. You’ll find that it has a real depth of flavour and can be baked on the regular setting.
