Red River Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheated oven @ 375°F.
• Greased cake pan.
• * A bread machine can well be put to use blending the dough using only the first cycle.
• By Hand:.
• Mix the dry ingredients together (witholding the 2 Tbl of Red River cereal), yeast included.
• Blend together the oil, water and molasses.
• Quickly mix the wet and dry ingredients.
• Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes.
• Shape the dough into a round loaf and place it into the prepared pan. Cut an "X" into the top of the loaf.
• Mix the egg and water and lightly brush the egg wash over the bread. Only use enough to cover the topof the dough. Sprinkle the 2 tablespoons of Red River cereal over the dough. ** Egg substitute may be used in place of the egg wash.
• Cover the bread dough with a warm damp cloth and set in a warm place to rise til double, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Bake in preheated 375F oven about 30 minutes or til bread tests done (turn th bread out into your covered hand and tap the bottom center of the loaf - a hollow sound tells you it's done).
• NOTE: The cooking time listed includes the rising time.

Steps:

• In your 2 cup measure, measure the 1/2 cup molasses and pour it into the beater bowl.
• Now in the same measuring cup (to rinse out the molasses) measure the almost boiling water and add it.
• Mix together the red River Cereal, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt and add them to the molasses mixture.
• Beat hard for 2 minutes.
• Cover very well and let stand 2 hours or overnight. No need to refrigerate.
• Grease, paper line and butter a 9 x 5 x 3" loag pan.
• Turn in batter and smooth top.
• Bake at 275 F for 1 hour then reduce temperature to 250 F for 1 more hour (2 hours total).
• During last hour slide a foil oven protector below to be sure it doesn't overbrown.

Steps:

• Brush a large bowl with butter; set aside. Combine 1/4 cup warm water with sugar; sprinkle yeast over top. Set aside. In a small saucepan, heat espresso, chocolate, molasses, and 1 1/2 cups water over medium. Cook, stirring often, just until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool until warm but not hot (below 110 degrees).
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment, combine both flours, caraway, and salt. Add the chocolate mixture then yeast mixture. Mix by hand, using the hook, to combine. Turn mixer on medium and mix until dough comes together in a smooth, springy ball around the hook, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove a small piece of dough and stretch it. If the dough holds together in a thin "windowpane" without breaking, the gluten is sufficiently developed. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until incorporated, about 4 minutes. Turn out onto a well-floured surface and knead a few times to form into a ball. The dough will be slightly sticky; don't be tempted to add more flour. Transfer to buttered bowl, turning once to coat, and cover loosely with buttered plastic. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• When dough has doubled, turn out onto a work surface. Pat dough out into a rectangle, roughly 10 by 12 inches with short side facing you. Fold bottom edge two-thirds of the way up the rectangle, and top edge down to cover. Rotate dough 90 degrees and repeat the fold. (This is called a business-letter turn.) Return to buttered bowl and top with buttered plastic. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled in size again, about 1 hour. Remove from bowl, gently deflate, and work into a round boule about 6 inches in diameter. Place a clean dish towel in a medium bowl and generously dust with flour. Place boule, seam-side up, in bowl. Loosely fold floured towel ends over dough to cover. Let sit at warm room temperature until doubled, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450 degrees and place a 9- or 9 1/2-inch enameled cast-iron pot in oven with the lid to preheat. When dough is ready, carefully remove the lid, pull back corners of towel, and flip bowl upside down to transfer bread to the heated pot, seam-side down. Quickly slash an "X" in the top of the bread with a serrated knife and using an oven mitt, cover with lid. Return pot to oven and bake 20 minutes. Remove lid and continue to bake until bread feels hollow when tapped and internal temperature registers 205 degrees, 20 to 30 minutes more. Immediately turn bread out of pot onto a cooling rack. Let cool at least 2 hours before slicing.

Steps:

• Place in bread machine in order listed. Bake on whole wheat mode.

Steps:

• Place cereal in large bowl. Pour 2 cups boiling water over. Let stand until mixture cools to between 105°F. and 115°F., about 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle yeast over cereal. Add 1 cup bread flour, oil, sugar and salt and stir until smooth. Gradually mix in enough remaining bread flour to form dough. Cover dough; let rest 15 minutes.
• Turn out dough onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if sticky, about 10 minutes. Oil large bowl. Add dough to bowl; turn to coat. Cover bowl with clean kitchen towel. Let dough rise in warm area until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Mix all seeds in bowl. Punch down dough. Turn out onto lightly oiled surface. Knead briefly. Shape into 12x4-inch loaf.Sprinkle baking sheet with 2 teaspoons seeds. Place loaf atop seeds. Cover with towel. Let rise in warm area until almost doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Position 1 oven rack in center and 1 just below center in oven. Place baking pan on lower rack and preheat oven to 425°F. Brush loaf with water. Sprinkle with remaining seed mixture. Using sharp knife, cut 3 diagonal slashes in surface of loaf. Place baking sheet with loaf in oven. Immediately pour 2 cups water into hot pan on lower rack in oven (water will steam).
• Bake loaf until golden and crusty and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool.(Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in plastic; store at room temperature.)
• *Available at natural foods stores.

Steps:

• 1. Add sugar, warm water (Test on your wrist)and yeast to a small bowl. Let it bubble.
• 2. In a large bowl, add the hot water and butter. After the butter melts, add milk, sugar and salt. When mixture is luke warm, add yeast mixture.
• 3. Wheat bread: mix the wheat, red river and white flour together with a wire whip before adding to wet.
• 4. Add about 1/4 to 1/2 the total flour. Mix with a wire whip until the flour mixture get to thick. Roll up your sleeves. Use your hands (very clean hands, rings removed if possible or very clean rings). Continue to add flour, 1 cup at a time, and mix well. Scrape side of bowl and when you can not mix very much flour in dough, turn out on a floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes (12 minutes for 6 loafs). Adding flour if needed to keep from getting to sticky.
• 5. Cover with a cloth and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place. Punch down and divide into 4 balls (6 balls) and let rest for 10 minutes.
• 6. Roll out each ball and flatten to 12" x 8". Roll up like a jelly roll (short side) being careful to keep the roll tight. Put into buttered bread pans, seam side down, and let rise until double.
• 7. Oven: 375 degrees ---- Convection Bake: 350 degrees Bake for 25 to 35 minutes Remove from oven. (rub butter on tops for a softer crust) Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.