Every now and then I scroll through pictures I've taken on our camera and realize that I completely forgot to blog about something for which I had specifically taken pictures! In this case, it was a loaf of bread I made - from my Domestic Goddess cookbook.

Ingredients

1.5 cups rye flour
2 cups white bread flour
1 pkg (1/4 ounce) of rapid-rise yeast
1 tbsp dark brown sugar
2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup warm water
3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

Put the flours, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl and slowly add the water, mixing with hands or wooden spoon until you have a messy, but vaguely cohesive lump of dough.

Add a tablespoon of the melted butter and mix just to incorporate it.

Start kneading, either by hand or with a mixer's dough hook, until the dough comes together smoothly to form a dense ball.

Use more of the melted butter to grease a bowl and plop the dough ball into it so that the top gets buttery (and won't dry out). Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a cold place overnight or in a warm place for about an hour.

When the dough has doubled in size, punch it down, give a few good kneads and form it into a round loaf. Put the loaf onto a baking sheet, cover with a tea towel and let it get puffy for about 30 minutes, during which you should preheat the oven to 375. Bake the loaf for 45-55 minutes, or until the loaf is cooked through. It should sound hollow when you rap on the underside with your knuckles.