German Honey Bread Baked In A Loaf Pan Recipes

GERMAN HONEY BREAD (BAKED IN A LOAF PAN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease a bread pan.
• Stir together all dry ingredients.
• Slowly heat up honey and sugar on a low flame.
• Then add milk while stirring honey mixture.
• Heat up but do not boil.
• Now add the warm liquid honey/milk mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well.
• Put it all into the greased bread pan.
• Bake at 350 F for approximately 40 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and leave cake in for another 5 - 10 minutes.
• Honey Cake needs to be stored in a cool and moist place, The best place would be a moist stone pot in which you put a slice of bread, to keep it moist.

HONEY CAKE LOAF

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix the first nine ingredients together. Add honey and boiling water and stir together.
• 2. Pour the batter into a greased 9x5" loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350º oven for one hour.
• 3. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out of pan and cool on a wire rack.

AUTHENTIC GERMAN BREAD (BAUERNBROT)

Steps:

• First, make the sourdough starter. Crumble the yeast into a large bowl. Whisk in 1 quart of warm water and 2 tablespoons of sugar until dissolved. The water should be just slightly warmer than body temperature. Gradually whisk in 4 cups of flour, continuing to mix until all lumps are gone. Cover with a dish towel, and let sit for 24 hours at room temperature.
• After 24 hours, stir well, cover, and let stand another 24 hours. It will be a thin, light-colored sourdough which is then ready to use.
• In a large bowl, stir together the rye flour, remaining 4 cups of all-purpose flour, salt and sugar. Mix in the sourdough starter using a wooden spoon, then stir in 2 cups of warm water. I transfer the dough to a heavy-duty stand mixer to mix the first couple of minutes, then it can't handle the heavy dough and I start using my hands by turning the dough out onto a floured surface. A clean countertop works best. Knead the dough, adding a few tablespoons of water at a time if it is too stiff. Fold the dough over, pull it apart, whatever you can do to get it kneaded up good. Total kneading time should be 15 to 20 minutes to get a smooth dough. Place the dough in a large bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled, 1 to 2 hours.
• When the dough has risen, scrape it out of the bowl and back onto a floured surface. Knead for about 5 minutes. This is important to activate the gluten. Shape into 1 or 2 long loaves. Place on baking sheets, and let rise for about 1 hour, or until your finger leaves an impression when you poke the bread gently.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Bake the bread for about 45 minutes for 2 loaves, 1 1/2 hours if you made one big loaf. Don't worry if the crust is dark. The bread will be delicious and so will the crust. Cool completely before cutting. I always freeze half.