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Black Forest Bread

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cfraenkel

Black Forest Bread

Oh if only I had some stout...I had a bunch of cherries that were staring at me, and have been watching all the breads appearing with cherries in them and drooling, so I decided to make one of my favorite desserts in bread form.  Black forest bread was born.  Hopefully this is going to work. Can you tell school's out for summer? 
  • 650 g AP flour
  • 200 g Whole Wheat flour
  • 100 g Whole Dark Rye Flour
  • 50 g Milled Flax seed
  • 15 g Cocoa Powder
  • 700 g water

Autolyse for a while - as long as it took me to pit the cherries and weigh the other add ins:

  • 60 g sunflower seeds
  • 57 g pecans (all I had left)
  • 150 g fresh cherries, pitted and halved
  • 50 g unsweetened coconut

Mix in to autolyse:

  • 30 g unsweetened greek yogurt
  • 20 g salt
  • 268 g levain (this ended up being a 4 stage build)

After 30 mins do Stretch and fold in the tub

Wait another 30 mins - mix in add ins and do another SF - one more SF at +30 mins

Bulk ferment until double

Divide and shape - rest overnight in fridge

In the morning I will bake in Dutch Ovens

The dough smells divine....hoping the bread will be. 

 

Comments

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cfraenkel

I'm going to try something else with coconut. It adds just a little bit of sweetness