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by: Gerhild Fulson / Oma Gerhild shares easy, authentic German recipes you can trust, rooted in family tradition and featured in her cookbooks.
Published: September 15, 2014, Updated: April 17, 2025
Rye bread recipe (Roggenbrot) made easy. Oma's version is hearty, wholesome, and bakes up beautifully in your bread machine. A slice of Germany without the airfare.
Make this rye bread recipe in your bread machine if you have one. If you don't have a bread machine, I really think you'll want one.
Why? It's so quick and easy AND, surprise of surprises, it really does taste like German bread! I've looked a long time to find authentic German recipes for making bread. It's an interesting journey. Finally, yesterday I was able to enjoy this rye bread.
Ease of Making: Very easy. Just measure, load, and let the bread machine do the work.
Taste: Hearty, earthy, and authentically German, just like from a local Bäckerei.
Top Tip: The blend of rye, whole wheat, bread, and buckwheat flours, plus molasses, gives this bread its rich flavor and perfect texture.
The breads and buns are the most difficult to replicate outside of Germany. This rye bread recipe uses a wonderful mix of flours to get just the right taste. And, on top of that, it's super easy!
There is one type of bread, though, that I created many, many years ago when our boys were young and we were on a 'health food' kick.
It was a most interesting experiment ... and the family survived! In fact, what I created was a no-knead sourdough bread that is absolutely amazing.
It does take a bit of work, or actually, a bit of time ... but the results are a perfect loaf of bread, every time. As well, it's as healthy as you want to make it.
I normally put in almost anything I can find in the way of seeds and whole grains. It's a different loaf all the time, but each time, it works. Check it out here.
Whenever I visit Germany, one of the things I really look forward to are the German baked goods. There's at least one bakery in every town where everything is fresh made that morning. Buns, breads, cakes, tortes, cookies, etc., etc., etc.....
And, being able to make German bread recipes in a bread machine, really is a bonus.
Rye bread (Roggenbrot) made easy. Oma's recipe is hearty, wholesome, and bakes up beautifully in your bread machine. A slice of Germany without the airfare.
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Bake Time:
Depends on your bread machine brand
Total Time:
Depends on your bread machine brand
Servings:
Makes a 2 pound loaf
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Recipe updated: April 17, 2025
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