February 10, 2018 - 12:12pm
I want to make a rye bread. Can I use regular yeast?
I dont really want to make a sourdough starter. I've tried and it was successful, just not for me. And I dont really care for sourdough much to be honest. Can I make a rye/AP flour dough with just regular yeast? I was told I cant because the acids in the sourdough starter help do something to the rye or something like that. Thanks.
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Are you looking for a sandwich type bread or a thick,moist pumperknickel type?
If you go here , you will find all kind of rye recipes. Enter "straight" into the search box and you will get a list of the recipes made with just yeast. Recipes made with just yeast are called "straight doughs".
Here are some links with recipes here on TFL:
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/20007/l%C3%BCbecker-whole-grain-yeasted-sandwich-bread
https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/01/new-york-deli-rye-bread/
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/5076/eric039s-fav-rye
In BBA there's a really nice recipe for marbled rye that is just a straight dough. Very flavourful and great for sandwiches, plus it comes together quick.
Wow, thank you very much! If only I could find some rye locally.
Question: I'm thinking about doing a 33% light rye, 33% white wheat, and 33% AP/bread flour bread. Does that seem crazy?
It might be a bit dense but still really flavourful. Reinhart's recipe has a higher percentage of bread flour to rye, almost 2-1 if I remember correctly. It makes for a nice bread that's not dense at all.