Swedish Limpa Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Combine caraway seeds, fennel seeds, and anise seeds in a spice grinder; pulse until coarsely ground.
• Heat milk and butter in a deep saucepan, stirring occasionally, until butter melts and milk comes to a bare simmer, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool until milk registers 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) on an instant-read thermometer.
• Stir molasses and yeast into the milk mixture. Let stand until yeast is foamy, about 5 minutes. Add 2 cups all-purpose flour, rye flour, sea salt, and orange zest; stir until dough forms a shaggy mass. Knead in the saucepan, adding more flour if needed, until dough is no longer sticky, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Turn dough out on a floured surface. Knead, adding more flour if needed, until smooth and springy, about 7 minutes.
• Place dough in a large greased bowl, turning to coat. Cover with a damp kitchen towel or piece of plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm area until somewhat puffy, about 1 hour.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place dough on the baking sheet. Cover lightly with the towel or plastic wrap. Let rise until puffy, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Bread will sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, molasses, butter, orange zest, salt, aniseed and boiling water; stir until brown sugar is dissolved and butter is melted. Stir in cold water; let stand until mixture cools to 110° to 115°., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in molasses mixture; mix well. Add, all-purpose flour and 1 cup rye flour. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining rye flour to form a stiff dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into 2 oval loaves. Grease 2 baking sheets and sprinkle lightly with cornmeal. Place loaves on prepared pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 350° . With a sharp knife, make 4 shallow slashes across top of each loaf. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks; brush with butter.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, mix together molasses, water, brown sugar, fennel, and salt. Bring to boiling point, then gently cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add shortening. Let stand until lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm water. Add cooled molasses mixture and mix well. Stir in the rye flour. Beat until smooth. Cover and let rise at room temperature overnight, about 9 to 10 hours.
• In the morning add 5 cups white flour, and place remaining 1/2 cup on a pastry cloth or board for kneading. Turn out the dough and knead until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl, cover, and let rise until double in size, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Cut dough in half and shape into 2 loaves (round is more traditional). Place in 2 greased 9 inch pie pans. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise until light, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Remove and brush tops with melted butter.

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients into your bread machine, following the instructions for you particular model.
• Set the machine for the dough setting, and walk away.
• 30 minutes before the end of the cycle, place a loaf pan or baking sheet in your oven. Turn on the light, and shut the oven door.
• When the dough cycle is done, remove the dough from the machine, and place in the loaf pan, or shape and place on the baking sheet.
• Place the dough in the warm oven, and let rise for 20-30 minutes.
• Remove the loaf from the oven, and preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Bake the loaf for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, and let cook on a rack.

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Combine first six ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil; boil for approximately 5 minutes.
• Let cool some, then add the salt and cold water.
• Test the temperature, then add the yeast.
• Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the rye flour and as much white flour as needed to make a soft dough.
• Knead well.
• The bread dough will be sticky.
• Let rise until double.
• Shape into 4 loaves (Traditionally in round loaves, but loaf pans work also) and let rise again until double.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Soften yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water; add sugar, remaining water and milk.
• Add white flour and beat well; set aside to rise until double in bulk.
• Mix syrup, seeds and molasses in a saucepan.
• Let come to a boil one minute and strain out seeds.
• Add butter and let cool.
• When lukewarm, add yeast mixture with rye flour and salt.
• Add grated orange rind or chopped orange peel and knead well on a floured board.
• Cover and let rise until doubled.
• Shape into round loaves and place in greased pans; let rise until doubled.
• Bake in a 400F oven for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350F and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
• Remove from pans to a cooling rack and brush with butter while still hot.

Steps:

• Follow bread machine instructions.
• I alway watch the bread kneading and mixing, when its in a nice soft round ball, you know that the water to flour is correct.
• If its not nice and round but floppy it needs more flour.
• If its too hard and dry or mixer is having a hard time, it needs more water.
• After cycle ends, remove and cool on rack.
• Allow to cool 1 hour before slicing.

Steps:

• In a small saucepot combine the anise seed, fennel seed, and caraway seeds, with all the water.
• Simmer covered for 7 minutes, then cool to lukewarm.
• Measure the warm liquid there should be 1 1/2 cups, if not add water to measure.
• Place this liquid in large mixer bowl.
• Add molasses, brown sugar, salt, oil, rind, whisk well.
• Whisk the yeast into cooled seed mixture.
• Add rye flour, beating until smooth.
• Gradually add the all purpose flour and continue to blend, whether with mixer paddle or with a wooden spoon.
• Allow to rest 20 minutes.
• Knead stiff dough until smooth.
• Grease a large bowl, and roll dough into a ball.
• Grease the ball of dough.
• Cover tightly with saran wrap and allow to rise until double in a warm area.
• Punch down when doubled and divide into two pieces.
• Form each into a large round loaf.
• Grease a large baking sheet with shortening, and then sprinkle with cornmeal.
• Place dough well apart onto the sheet.
• Allow to rise until almost doubled.
• Preheat oven 375 degrees F.
• Make a large slash on tops of loafs.
• Bake 35 minutes or until done.
• When done breads should sound hollow from the bottoms, and dark and crusty.
• NOTE:: when I use rye or whole wheat bread I always add another tablespoon gluten to my flours.

Steps:

• in a large bowl, combine sugar, molasses, 1/4 cup butter, the salt, anise and orange peel. Add 1 cup boiling water; stir until sugar dissolves and butter melted. Add 1 cup cold water. Cool to lukewarm. Check temperature of warm water with thermometer.
• Sprinkle yeast over water in measuring cup; stir until dissolved. Add to molasses mixture; mix well. Gradually add 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour and 1 cup rye flour; beat vigorously until smooth and dough leaves sides of bowl. Gradually add 3 cups rye flour.
• Mix in last of flour with hand until dough leaves side of bowl. (Dough will be stiff.) Turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth or board. Knead until smooth and elastic - about 10 minutes. Place in lightly greased large bowl; turn dough to bring up the greased side.
• Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, until double in bulk - about 1-1/2 hours. Grease a large cookie sheet, and sprinkle lightly with cornmeal. Punch down dough and turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth or board. Cut in half.
• Shape each half into an oval. With palms of hands, on lightly floured surface, roll each half into a loaf, 12 inches long, tapering ends. Place on prepared cookie sheet, 5 inches apart.
• Cover with towel; let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until double in bulk - 1 to 1-1/4 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. With sharp knife, make four diagonal slashes on top of loaf, 1/4-inch deep. Bake on middle shelf 35 minutes; cover with foil last 10 minutes, if necessary. Brush with butter. Serve warm, or cool on rack.