Swedish Limpa Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cake yeast
• 2 1/4 cups water, lukewarm
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup dark corn syrup (karo preferred)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons anise seed
• 1/2 cup molasses (either light or medium)
• 3/4 cup butter
• 8 cups rye flour (more as needed)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 oranges, zest of, grated or 1/4 cup candied orange peel, chopped

Recipe

• 1 soften yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water; add sugar, remaining water and milk.
• 2 add flour and beat well; set aside to rise until double in bulk.
• 3 mix syrup, seeds and molasses in a saucepan.
• 4 let come to a boil one minute and strain out seeds.
• 5 add butter and let cool.
• 6 when lukewarm, add yeast mixture with rye flour and salt.
• 7 add grated orange rind or chopped orange peel and knead well on a floured board.
• 8 cover and let rise until doubled.
• 9 shape into round loaves and place in greased pans; let rise until doubled.
• 10 bake in a 400f oven for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350f and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
• 11 remove from pans to a cooling rack and brush with butter while still hot.