Name: Limpa Bread Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 1⅓ cups boiling water; 1 tsp fennel seed; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp caraway seed; ¼ cup cracked wheat; 2¼ tbsp butter; 2¼ tbsp molasses; 1 tbsp orange zest; ¼ tsp Baking Soda; 1½ cups rye flour; 1½ cups bread flour; 2 tsp active dry yeast; 2 tsp gluten flour; 3 tbsp powdered buttermilk

How To Make Limpa Bread

Limpa bread is sweetened rye bread with Swedish origins. This recipe uses a mix of herbs- fennel, caraway, and cumin- to create a complex flavor profile.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1⅓cupsboiling water
1tspfennel seed
1tspcumin seeds
1tspcaraway seed
¼cupcracked wheat
2¼tbspbutter
2¼tbspmolasses
1tbsporange zest
¼tspbaking soda
1½cupsrye flour
1½cupsbread flour
2tspactive dry yeast
2tspgluten flour
3tbsppowdered buttermilk

Instructions

Combine fennel seeds, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, cracked wheat, butter or margarine, molasses or barley malt, and orange zest in 1⅓ 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.