This is my favorite rye bread recipe. It’s hearty and has a nice rye flavor. it makes fabulous corned beef sandwiches. It also goes well with soup or stews.
This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting with a medium crust.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first. With my Zo, I add the liquids first.
Make sure you check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading.
Pop the top of the bread machine and look to see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. If it’s too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Notes
This is a recipe for a two-pound machine. Use the basic setting with medium crust.This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.