If you've never tried wild rice bread, you're going to love it. The rice adds a fabulous texture and nutty flavor to this excellent bread recipe. You can use Homemade Hot Roll Mix if you'd like.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup uncooked wild rice
- 1 pkg. hot roll mix OR 3-1/2 to 4 cups homemade Hot Roll Mix
- 1 pkg. instant dry yeast if using homemade Hot Roll Mix
- 1 cup water, heated to 120 degrees
- 2 Tbsp. oil
- 2 Tbsp. molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. water
Preparation:
Cook wild rice according to package directions and drain well. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, combine flour packet and the yeast from foil packet in the mix and stir well. Stir in cooked wild rice, hot water, oil, and molasses until mixture forms a ball. Knead dough on floured surface for 5 minutes until smooth. Cover dough with bowl and let rest for 5 minutes.
Divide dough in half and shape each half into a 12" long loaf. Place each loaf on a separate greased cookie sheet. Beat together egg and water and brush over each loaf. Let rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes. Brush each loaf again with egg mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped with fingers. 2 loaves, 20 slices
