Craving that distinctive brown bread from Cheesecake Factory but prefer the ease of your bread machine? This fantastic Bread Machine Cheesecake Factory Bread recipe brings that slightly sweet, subtly dark flavor right to your kitchen with minimal effort.
1¾cupbread flourplus up to 2 tablespoons extra if dough too 'wet'
2teaspoonsactive yeast
1teaspoondiastatic maltOptional, but helps rye bread rise better
2tablespoonsrolled oats for top of loaf
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Instructions
Add the warm water, coffee, oil, honey, and molasses to the bread pan. Most bread maker models require the wet ingredients to be loaded first.
⅓ cup warm water, 1½ tablespoons vegetable oil , 3 tablespoons honey, 3 tablespoons molasses, ⅓ cup coffee
Stir the unsweetened cocoa powder into the water in the pan.
2½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Next, add the salt, coarser pumpernickel flour, the dark rye flour, and then the bread flour. Top off with the active yeast and diastatic malt (optional).
1¼ teaspoons salt, ½ cup whole grain pumpernickel rye flour, ½ cup rye flour, 1¾ cup bread flour, 2 teaspoons active yeast, 1 teaspoon diastatic malt
Start the bread machine on either the Basic or Whole Wheat program for 1.5 lb loaf with a medium crust color.
Be sure to use a spatula and scrape the sides of the bread pan so all the flours get pulled into the dough. If it is sticking to the sides of the pan, add the 2 extra tablespoons of flour, one at a time.
After the second kneading, moisten the top of the proofing loaf and sprinkle generously with rolled oats. Close the lid and let the bread maker finish the program.
2 tablespoons rolled oats
When the bread maker has completed the baking cycle, remove the bread maker pan and allow to cool for about 10 minutes before tipping out to cool.
Cool completely before slicing. Breads with rye flour will slice easier if allowed to cool.
Notes
Try to include the diastatic malt powder, it aids in the proofing and rise for this rye based bread. Rye breads can be heavy if too much rye flour is added.
Bread flour is recommended over all-purpose flour, as it has more gluten which helps in the rising of this bread.