Chocolate Rye Sourdough Bread

Prep Time:

3 hours

Cook Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

10-12

About the Recipe

Chocolate Rye Sourdough Bread is so pretty! It has only a slight chocolate flavor so it's really a savory bread. The rye is enhanced by the chocolate and you taste a both sweet and savory explosion of flavor not unlike a good stout beer.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup rye flour

1/4 whole wheat flour

1/4 cup bread flour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 /2 teaspoon active dry yeast

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons molasses

2 tablespoons soft butter

1 cup sourdough starter, fed the night before

1 cup warm water + 2 tablespoons warm water

1/2 cup flour for forming the loaf and baking