Danish Rugbrod (Rye Bread)

Name: Danish Rugbrod (Rye Bread)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 190 min
Yield: ['24', '1 2-pound loaf']
Cuisine: scandinavian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups water; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups rye flour; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 0.25 cup rye flakes; 1 tablespoon white sugar; 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

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⏱ 190 mins 🍽 ['24', '1 2-pound loaf'] 🌶 scandinavian

This recipe guides you through creating a classic Danish rye bread, or rugbrod, using a bread machine for convenience. It blends rye flour, whole wheat flour, and rye flakes with honey and yeast to produce a dense, flavourful loaf characteristic of Scandinavian baking. The method is straightforward, requiring you to simply add the ingredients to the machine and select the basic cycle. In about 190 minutes, you will have a homemade 2-pound loaf, perfect for slicing and serving.

Ingredients

1.5 cups water
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups rye flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
0.25 cup rye flakes
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Method

Place the water, honey, butter, salt, rye flour, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, rye flakes, sugar, and yeast into your bread machine's pan in the order listed.
Choose the Basic programme on your machine and initiate the cycle by pressing Start.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories81 kcal

Fat1 g

Sugars1 g

Protein2 g

Sodium102 mg

Recipe details

Cuisinescandinavian

AuthorRay Earhart