Admit it, you’ve eaten an entire loaf of this stuff before in one evening…

But other than that it’s a super happy week, and in my experience hot, fresh bread makes people pretty happy too. I’ve wanted to recreate this kind of bread for a long time.

It just as easy as any other bread and surprisingly it gets some of it’s dark color from cocoa powder. I know that sound very interesting and maybe even weird, but you don’t taste it other than the way it deepens the flavor of the bread.

Anyway, I hope you really enjoy trying this recipe!

Outback Copycat Brown Bread

Prep Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours
Yield: 8

Ingredients

1 tablespoon yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
3 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup cornmeal
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup rye flour
2 - 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or 1 cup all-purpose and 1 cup reg whole wheat)

Instructions

Stir yeast and molasses into water in a medium mixing bowl until dissolved and allow mixture to sit for about 5 minutes until bubbly. Mix in salt, oil, cornmeal, and cocoa powder. Add rye flour, then whole wheat flour and stir until combined. Allow dough to rest for about 10 minutes to let the flours absorb some the liquid.
Turn out onto to a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes, adding more flour if needed so that it does not stick to your fingers. Place dough into a greased bowl and cover with a damp towel then place in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size, 1 to 2 hours because of the heavier flour.
Grease a loaf pan and roll dough out into a roughly shaped log. Place dough into pan and allow to rise for about 30 minutes, then preheat oven to 375 degrees F and let the loaf finish rising while oven heats.
Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until hollow sounding when knocked. Remove and cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

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