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Pumpernickel Bread

Teresa Ambra

Pumpernickel Bread is wonderful. Many of you know how much I love a good slice of home-baked bread. These days  breadmakers do all the work. So making up a homemade loaf of bread is quick, easy, and quite economical, too. On top of that, making a loaf of bread in the breadmaker is usually a lot healthier than store bought breads. You can omit the preservatives, MSG, fillers, and high fructose corn syrup that many of them are filled with.

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In many cases you can substitute good oils for shortening which is hydrogenated. You can also substitute honey, molasses or maple syrup for sugar. These products are are more easily digested and don’t spike blood sugar levels like sugar does. But even if your recipe isn’t “clean” or super healthy, it’s just a lot of fun making up homemade bread. Especially with the convenience of a breadmaker.

We’ve been making this Pumpernickel Bread recipe for many years. I first purchased my old breadmaker about 20 years ago. We’ve always enjoyed this recipe. I amped it up even more when I started adding caraway seeds to the bread after the second or third time I made it. This recipe uses cocoa, molasses, and instant coffee granules to get it’s dark color. It also includes whole wheat flour and rye flour in addition to regular bread flour.

Just a hint for those of you not used to making homemade bread. I never use all-purpose flour. It doesn’t have the same ratio of vital wheat glutens which cause the bread to raise. It also can leave the bread crumbly and dried out. Because Pumpernickel Bread also uses a lot of heavy, dense flour from the rye and wheat it needs vital wheat gluten.

I include vital wheat gluten because it helps the bread expand properly. The texture becomes nice and fluffy rather than heavy and dense. You’re not trying to make bricks like Ellie Mae Clampett’s home-baked goodies on The Beverly Hillbillies. (Most of you are probably too young to remember this old TV show. But for those of us who grew up on a steady diet of it, her culinary confections were hilarious).

I whipped up a loaf of this delicious bread a few weeks ago when I was taking a meal to some friends in the hospital. They were staying round-the-clock for several days with a close relative. They really appreciated having a hot home-cooked meal. I brought Pumpernickel Bread along with Chicken and Yellow Rice, Zucchini Supreme and Sock-It-To-Me Cake. There’s nothing quite like a slab of homemade bread slathered with butter to heal what ails you! I brought them a jar of apple butter so they could enjoy it for breakfast too!

If you’re looking for a tasty home-baked bread for dinner, consider this easy recipe. It takes 5 minutes to put everything in the breadmaker and approximately four hours to bake it on a wheat bread setting. Simple, easy, economical! I’ll take it. 🙂

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Pumpernickel Bread is a tasty dinner bread you’re family will love!

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We really like the addition of caraway seeds in this recipe. It adds a little extra oomph to the recipe.

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Because I use vital wheat gluten, this bread which would normally be heavy and dense, comes out light and fluffy.

Here’s what I did.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

I used these ingredients.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Layer ingredients in bread canister in order listed. Place on whole wheat setting. Mine takes approximately 4 hours.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Allow bread to cool 15 minutes before removing from breadmaker. Then butter the top and sides of the bread to prevent the crusts from hardening.

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Allow the bread to rest another 15 minutes before cutting down.

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An electric knife makes cutting the bread smooth and easy. It also protects your bread from being hacked up from using serrated knives.

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Pumpernickel Bread has rich depth of flavors due to the molasses, cocoa and instant coffee granules used in the recipe.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Here’s a close up so you can see the texture of the bread.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Pumpernickel Bread is a sourdough bread made with rye flour and caraway seeds. It’s really marvelous.

Here’s the recipe.

PUMPERNICKEL BREAD

(Recipe adapted from Black and Decker Breadmaker Cookbook)

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Pumpernickel Bread

Teresa Ambra
Pumpernickel Bread is marvelous. This bread is not only excellent for dinner, but it's terrific served for breakfast with Apple Butter or other preserves. Pumpernickel is a tasty home-baked Sourdough Bread using rye flour and caraway seeds. It's so easy because it's made in the breadmaker! This two-pound loaf takes about 5 minutes to prepare and bakes on the wheat cycle for approximately 4 hours. Mouthwatering and so delicious.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 8 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 171 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 breadmaker
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 pastry brush to brush bread with melted butter after baking
  • 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp bread knife

Ingredients
  

  • 1 2/3 cup hot water
  • 3 tbsp. powdered milk
  • 2 tbsp. Crisco shortening or avocado oil
  • 2 tbsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. molasses
  • 1 3/4 tsp. Kosher salt or sea salt
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 2/3 cups bread flour NOT all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup rye flour
  • 2 tbsp. cocoa
  • 2 tsp. instant coffee granules
  • 2 tsp. caraway seeds
  • 1 3/4 tsp. active dry bread machine yeast (Fleischmann's preferred over Red Star)
  • 4 tsp. vital wheat gluten

Instructions
 

  • Layer ingredients in bread canister in order given.
  • Set for wheat bread setting.
  • Allow to cool about 15 minutes before removing from canister.
  • Butter top and sides of bread with pastry brush to prevent crust from hardening.
  • Allow bread to cool an additional 15 minutes before cutting.
  • Slice down.
  • About 16 slices.

Notes

NOTE: Homemade bread has no preservatives so it needs to be refrigerated after 2 days.
 
NOTE: all-purpose flour does not contain the necessary gluten to bond the ingredients together as well as bread flour. The bread may turn out crumbly. For best results use bread flour.
 
NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann's yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn't work as well.
 
Recipe adapted from Black and Decker.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 223mgPotassium: 174mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

 

[b]Pumpernickel Bread[/b]
Recipe Type: Breads, Rolls and Muffins
Cuisine: American
Author: Teresa Ambra adapted from [url href=”http://www.blackanddecker.com/” target=”_blank” title=”black and decker”]Black and Decker[/url] Bread Machine Cookbook
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 16
Tasty home-baked bread using the breadmaker! This two-pound loaf takes about 5 minutes to prepare and bakes on the wheat cycle for approximately 4 hours.
Ingredients
  • 1 2/3 cup hot water
  • 3 tbsp. powdered milk
  • 2 tbsp. Crisco shortening
  • 2 tbsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. Grandma’s molasses
  • 1 ¾ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup King Arthur whole wheat flour
  • 2 2/3 cups King Arthur bread flour (NOT all-purpose flour)
  • 2/3 cup Hodgson Mills rye flour
  • 2 tbsp. Nestle’s cocoa
  • 2 tsp. instant coffee granules
  • 2 tsp. caraway seeds
  • 1 ¾ tsp. active dry bread machine yeast
  • 4 tsp. Hodgson Mills vital wheat gluten
Instructions
  1. Layer ingredients in bread canister in order given.
  2. Set for wheat bread setting.
  3. Allow to cool about 15 minutes before removing from canister.
  4. Butter top and sides of bread to prevent crust from hardening.
  5. Allow bread to cool an additional 15 minutes before cutting.
  6. Slice down. About 16 slices.
Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Each bite of Pumpernickel Bread is so mouthwatering. We like to serve ours with butter, honey, jams, or apple butter.

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Toast Pumpernickel Bread and serve with your favorite jam for a delicious home-baked breakfast!

Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

If you enjoy home-baked bread, this one needs to be on your dinner rotation!

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Caraway Rye Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this savory & delectable #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. It's got a rustic old-world taste since it uses #RyeFlour & #CarawaySeeds. We enjoy eating it for #breakfast or as a dinner bread. #HomeBakedBread #CarawayRyeBread

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Seven Grain Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this delicious home-baked #bread is perfect for either #breakfast or dinner. It's also incredibly easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. This #recipe uses #VitalWheatGluten so it's light and fluffy. #SevenGrainCereal #SevenGrainBread

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Sunflower Walnut Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this delicious home-baked #bread is so easy to make since it's made in the #breadmaker! It includes #SunflowerSeeds & #walnuts for increased flavor and texture. Perfect for #Breakfast or as a dinner bread. #SunflowerWalnutBread
Pumpernickel Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | This delicious home-baked #bread is so easy since it's made in the #breadmaker. #Pumpernickel is a #SourdoughBread made with #RyeFlour. It's excellent as a dinner bread with any entree. We like to serve it for #breakfast with Apple Butter or jelly. #HomeMadeBread #HomeBakedBread #PumpernickelBread

Pumpernickel Bread

Teresa Ambra
Pumpernickel Bread is marvelous. This bread is not only excellent for dinner, but it’s terrific served for breakfast with Apple Butter or other preserves. Pumpernickel is a tasty home-baked Sourdough Bread using rye flour and caraway seeds. It’s so easy because it’s made in the breadmaker! This two-pound loaf takes about 5 minutes to prepare and bakes on the wheat cycle for approximately 4 hours. Mouthwatering and so delicious.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 8 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 171 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 breadmaker
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 pastry brush to brush bread with melted butter after baking
  • 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp bread knife

Ingredients
  

  • 1 2/3 cup hot water
  • 3 tbsp. powdered milk
  • 2 tbsp. Crisco shortening or avocado oil
  • 2 tbsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. molasses
  • 1 3/4 tsp. Kosher salt or sea salt
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 2/3 cups bread flour NOT all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup rye flour
  • 2 tbsp. cocoa
  • 2 tsp. instant coffee granules
  • 2 tsp. caraway seeds
  • 1 3/4 tsp. active dry bread machine yeast (Fleischmann’s preferred over Red Star)
  • 4 tsp. vital wheat gluten

Instructions
 

  • Layer ingredients in bread canister in order given.
  • Set for wheat bread setting.
  • Allow to cool about 15 minutes before removing from canister.
  • Butter top and sides of bread with pastry brush to prevent crust from hardening.
  • Allow bread to cool an additional 15 minutes before cutting.
  • Slice down.
  • About 16 slices.

Notes

NOTE: Homemade bread has no preservatives so it needs to be refrigerated after 2 days.
 
NOTE: all-purpose flour does not contain the necessary gluten to bond the ingredients together as well as bread flour. The bread may turn out crumbly. For best results use bread flour.
 
NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann’s yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn’t work as well.
 
Recipe adapted from Black and Decker.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 223mgPotassium: 174mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

2 Comments

  • James Jones

    December 28, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    5 stars
    I have been on a search for “fluffy” pumpernickel bread for a couple years now, and have tried many bread machine recipes with little success.
    THIS recipe is the holy grail for me. It has incredibly rich flavor, AND it is soft and fluffy (for a darker bread.)
    I have made it twice, exactly as the recipe instructs – no changes. As far as I can see, none are needed. It is consistently perfect 🙂
    This Pumpernickel loaf is so good, that I would happily give it as a gift to a neighbor, family member, or friend.
    Thank you so much for sharing it!

    1. Teresa

      December 28, 2015 at 8:28 pm

      James, I’m so glad that you enjoyed the recipe. I have to admit I’ve enjoyed Pumpernickel Bread ever since I first tasted it with Classic Spinach Dip as a bread bowl to put the dip in. If you enjoy homemade bread, I have about 30-40 bread machine recipes, I hope you’ll give some of them a try, too. 🙂 Thanks again for stopping by and letting me know you liked the bread.

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