Swedish Brown Bread Recipe
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Ingredients: 1/2 cup dark molasses
1/4 cup shortening (melted, but not hot)
1 tablespoons fennel seed
2 cups warm water with 1/3 cup instant potato
flakes dissolved into it (old recipe calls for
"potato water"
3 cups rye flour
3 cups all purpose or "bread" flour
Sponge Ingredients - It is suggested to make sponge the night before, or no later than early in the morning on the day you will be baking, to allow the sponge time to rise.
- 1 pack active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 and 3/4 cups flour
Note: Use deep bowl so sponge doesn't touch towel covering bowl when rising (sticks to towel)
Dissolve yeast in water:add sugar and flour. Mixture should be fairly stiff. Let rise overnight.
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Directions:After sponge has been set overnight, in the morning add molasses, shortening, fennel seed, water and equal parts rye and white/bread flour (approx. 6 cups total). Mix/knead until smooth but soft. Let rise until doubled in size. Punch down and leave for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease loaf pans and divide equally. Shape loaves smooth and seamless to insure nice finished loaves (otherwise seams will come out as cracks). Bake at 350º for about 40-45 minutes until bread pulls away from pan and sounds hollow when tapped on top. Brush with melted butter. Cool on wire racks. |
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Servings:makes 6 loaves |
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Notes: Grandma Frieda's recipe (full batch) calls for 6 big loaf pans, with baking timed at 350 degrees for the first 15 minutes, then reducing heat to 325 for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Trish and Bob make 1/2 batches, use small loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
Swedish Brown Bread and Yule Gubs at Christmas are defining foods for my mother's family, the Jeffersons from Conover Wisconsin.
Our grandmother Frieda baked them for her entire family for many years. Then my mother took on the task for her own brood. Finally, Trish and Bob gave it a whirl, jotting down Gram's recipe for the younger generation to follow. It takes some work, but the results are wonderful!
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