Limpa Bread

Directions

Ingredients :

1 ⅓ cups boiling water

1 teaspoon fennel seed

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon caraway seed

¼ cup cracked wheat

2 ¼ tablespoons butter

2 ¼ tablespoons molasses

1 tablespoon orange zest

¼ teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ cups rye flour

1 ½ cups bread flour

2 teaspoons active dry yeast

2 teaspoons gluten flour

3 tablespoons powdered buttermilk

Methods :

Combine fennel seeds, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, cracked wheat, butter or margarine, molasses or barley malt, and orange zest in 1 1/3 cup of boiling water. Soak for 1 hour. (This pre-soaks the cracked wheat and pre-releases the other flavors.)

Add seed mixture along with baking soda, whole wheat or rye flour, high-gluten bread flour, dry yeast, gluten, and buttermilk powder into the pan of a bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the cycle for White Bread and the Light Crust setting. Start.