Try this Banana Rye Bread recipe for a variation on a theme. The recipe makes two round hearth loaves.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup warm water (100°F to 110°F)
- 2 envelopes Active Dry Yeast
- 1 / 4 cup honey
- 1 / 4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 cups rye flour
- 2-1 / 2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups mashed ripe banana
Directions:Makes:
2 round loaves
Place 1 / 2 cup water in a bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved. Add remaining water, honey, butter, salt, rye flour, and 1 / 2 cup all-purpose flour. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Add banana and 1 / 2 cup all-purpose
flour; beat 2 minutes at high speed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. (Dough will be sticky). Place in greased bowl turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down; turn out onto lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half; shape each half into a smooth round ball. Place on large greased baking sheet; flatten slightly. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
Make several slashes on tops of loaves. Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until done. Remove from sheet; cool on wire racks.
Nutritional Information:
Per Serving: Serving
size: 1 slice (1 / 24 of recipe) Serving weight: 2.2 ounces (62 g) Calories 140;
Total fat 2.5 g; Saturated fat 0 g; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 320 mg;
Carbohydrates 28 g; Dietary fiber 3 g (1.4 g / oz); Sugars 7 g; Protein 3 g
Use with permission: Recipe courtesy © ACH Foods. All Rights Reserved.
Nancy says
How would you adjust this recipe for a bread machine?
Cathy says
Hi Nancy,
Here is an article which provides some guidelines for adapting conventional bread recipes for use in the bread machine https://www.breadexperience.com/recipes-for-bread-machine/.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Angelica Casanova says
I made this bread and the dough was way too sticky! I couldn’t knead it properly and i added a bit more flour, and ended up too hard when I baked it.
Cathy says
Thanks for the feedback Angela. If you are looking for a lighter bread, you might try reducing the amount of rye flour used. Since rye doesn’t contain much gluten to develop the dough, it makes a denser loaf. You might also try letting the dough autolyse for 15 minutes before kneading it so that the flour has time to absorb some of the liquid. Happy Baking!
Rick says
Excellent. A keeper. Thank you.