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Marble Rye Bread

Modified: May 30, 2024 · Published: Apr 29, 2016 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

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I like just about anything marbled -- marbled cake, marbled cream cheese brownies, marbled ice cream. And my new favorite is marbled bread. This Marble Rye Bread is made with a dark and light caraway flavored dough and is perfect for sandwiches or toast.

One Loaf Marble Rye Bread

The recipe is originally from Red Star, but I halved it to make 1 loaf, used quick rising yeast and added a little molasses. In addition to those changes, I used an 8 ½ by 4 ½ inch loaf pan. If you'd prefer, you can skip the loaf pan and just bake the Marbled Rye free-form.

Two Doughs

The dough is very easy to handle and stacking the two different colors is actually pretty simple -- especially if you have a pie lifter or bench scraper to help you scrape it up.

marble rye bread dough
Marble Rye Bread dough on a pastry mat ready to be shaped!

Having a large work surface or better yet, a silicone rolling mat, is extremely helpful.

If you try it, let me know what you think.

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Recipe

Marble Rye

Marble Rye Bread

Anna
Marble Rye Bread is made with a light and dark rye dough. This recipe makes 1 sandwich size loaf.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
 

Light Dough

  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of water (5 oz/140 grams)
  • 1 cup bread flour (140 grams)
  • ⅔ cups medium rye flour (95 grams)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar (12 grams)
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast (half packet)
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ teaspoon caraway seeds

Dark Dough

  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of water (140 grams)
  • 1 cup bread flour (140 grams)
  • ⅔ cup medium rye flour (95 grams)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar (12 grams)
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ½ packet 1 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (10 grams)
  • ½ tablespoon molasses (10 grams)

Instructions
 

  • Make the light dough first. Heat the water to between 120 and 130 degrees F.
  • Mix ¾ cup (reserve the remaining ¼ cup) of the bread flour, rye flour, sugar, salt, yeast and seeds in the bowl of a standing mixer. Pour the hot water and the oil into the dry ingredients and stir to make a soft dough. Add remaining ¼ cup of flour one tablespoon at a time until you have a firm dough (you may not need all of it). Attach the dough hook and knead for about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic . Transfer to a well oiled boil and cover with plastic wrap.
  • Repeat procedure for dark dough, but this time add cocoa powder along with the dry ingredients and add molasses along with the oil and water. Knead with the dough hook until you have a darker dough. Put in another oiled bowl.
  • Allow the dough to rise until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
  • Grease an 8 ½ by 4 ½ inch loaf pan.
  • Punch down dough. On a large, floured work surface, roll each dough section into a 7x14 inch rectangle. Scrape up the dark rectangle using a cake lifter, bench press or spatula and stack it on top of the light rectangle.
  • Beginning with the short side, roll into a spiral. Set the spiral in the prepared loaf pan. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise for about 30 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 40 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

Notes

You can increase the caraway flavor by adding ½ teaspoon of ground caraway to the dark dough. For a nice contrast, use a really dark cocoa powder such as Hershey's Dark or Black Onyx if you can find it.
This recipe can also be made with active dry yeast. To use active dry yeast instead of quick rising, use water that is around 110 degrees and stir the yeast into the water instead of adding it directly to the dry ingredients.
Keyword Marble Rye
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  1. Anna says

    December 09, 2023 at 10:50 am

    Thank you so much for trying it and for leaving a comment, Chrisha! This is one of my older recipes, and it's stood the test of time. I like it because it can be made fairly quickly (compared so sourdough rye and such) and still have a lot of flavor.

  2. Chrisha says

    December 09, 2023 at 9:53 am

    This makes bakery quality marble rye bread. I’ve made it three times in one week!

  3. Anna says

    February 08, 2021 at 11:40 am

    Thanks Emily!

  4. Emily Leishman says

    February 08, 2021 at 11:20 am

    5 stars
    I made this loaf and it was so delicious! I loved the swirl and it was so fun to make!

  5. Sonya says

    May 02, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    What a beautiful swirl!

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