Limpa Bread

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons active yeast dry
• 0.3 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.5 cups bread flour 
• 2.3 tablespoons butter 
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed 
• 0.3 cup cracked wheat 
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed 
• 2 teaspoons gluten flour 
• 2.3 tablespoons blackstrap molasses 
• 1 tablespoon orange zest 
• 3 tablespoons powdered buttermilk 
• 1.5 cups rye flour 
• 1.3 cups water boiling

Equipment

• frying pan
• bread machine

Directions

1. Combine fennel seeds, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, cracked wheat, butter or margarine, molasses or barley malt, and orange zest in 1 1/3 cup of boiling water. Soak for 1 hour. (This pre-soaks the cracked wheat and pre-releases the other flavors.)
2. 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.