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BBA New York Deli Rye...SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!!

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LA Baker

BBA New York Deli Rye...SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!!

Hello Everyone,

 

Been travelling like crazy and have been out of the kitchen for what seems like FOREVER!  Yesterday and today, I was in the kitchen baking.  I've tried a few of the rye and pumpernickel recipes before, all of which failed miserably.  Feeling confident after successful 10 grain sandwich loaves and fantastic bagels, I tried the New York Deli Rye.

I hadn't fed my barm in about 3 weeks so I wondered if it would be ok.  I made the starter yesterday and it was perfect!  I can't believe this worked! YAY!  I also included some pics of my 10 grain and bagels.  Enjoy!

 

10 Grain Sandwich Loaf

 

BBA Bagels - After overnight proofing

 

Boiling bagels

 

Right out of the oven

 

New York Deli Rye

 

Crumb

 

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dmsnyder

I trust your bread baking withdrawal has subsided. :-)

David

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LA Baker

HAHA!  That did it for a few days...I'm back now, Friday night, planning my baking schedule for the weekend!  Have a party to go to on Sunday...hmmm.

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Yumarama

for the Challenge. I hope mine turns out as well.

I don't have "white rye" flour, however (never seen it in these parts) so I'm using dark rye instead. I hope that's an appropriate alternative. Or should I use half dark rye and half bread flour instead? Anyone care to make a suggestion? I've got about an hour before I start mixing the onion-starter part to the rest of the ingredients...

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Yumarama

Well, they're in the oven now, so I went with dark rye all the way since it seems the white rye is simply a lighter, tasting version of dark and mixing dark & wheat wouldn't be the same thing, changing the gluten levels and all.

We'll see how they turn out (in about 10 minutes).

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LA Baker

I'm curious if it made a difference??

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Yumarama

Since I didn't have white rye to compare to, I can't say if it helped or not. On it's own, I think it worked fine. Since I like rye bread with character, I think it would have been a little too tame had I used an even lighter rye flour.

The blog post with all step-by-step pics is here.

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Matt H

Great looking bagels!

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LA Baker

Thank you!! They were DELICIOUS!