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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Swedish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. 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. | 2. 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. | 3. 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. | 4. 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. | 5. 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. | 6. 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. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
molasses	1/4	cup		244.325	62.96	0.0	0.0842
butter	1/4	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
anise seed	1	teaspoon		7.077000000000001	1.0504	0.3696	0.3339
orange peel	2	tablespoons	grated	11.64	3.0	0.18	0.024
water	1	cup	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cold water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
active yeast	2	packages		-	-	-	-
purpose flour	4 1/2	cups	unsifted	-	-	-	-
rye flour	4	cups	unsifted	1664.0	351.3856	81.4592	11.3664
cornmeal				-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons	melted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.