Knead Pumpernickel Bread Dough

Knead Pumpernickel Bread Dough
Hi! My name is Kip and I am here on behalf of Expert Village and welcome. Today we are making Pumpernickel Bread. Pumpernickel comes from Germany. We are now at the point where we can mix our dough. Go ahead and take our bowl if you are using a Kitchen Aid and put it into place and take the dough hook and secure it as well. Bring the bowl up and start mixing the dough on low. You want to keep some dough or some additional flour handy because if your mixture is too wet, then it is appropriate to add some more flour. That is why our flour needs for the All Purpose from three and half to four and half cups. The differences are usually related to the humidity that we live in; how much moisture is in the air. Sometimes the places will be dryer and other places in the country the dough will be too dry or too wet. At this point, it looks like it is starting to pick up but there is still some dough down in the bottom or flour that hasn't picked up yet but the sides are cleaning and that is a sign that this is actually probably a good consistency as it is and we may not have to add anymore flour. Part way through it is a good idea just to stop it and feel the dough. What is the consistency? Is it slightly warm? It is a good thing. We don't want it to be cold then the yeast won't work together and rise. That dough feels pretty good. We are just going to go ahead and use the dough hook until our dough is smooth and dense. Generally if you are kneading it by hand, it will take about ten minutes. Using this process it is a little bit more powerful and a little more consistent. So you can cut that down sometimes in half but the real trick is just the visual. Does it look well mixed and is it becoming smooth which it is, you can see that and is it dense. Not to wet or sticky. A little sticky but not gooey where it is going to stick to and pull off when you touch it. This is a little bit sticky and that's okay. There's molasses in there remember and it is fairly dense. We will beat it for another minute or two and that looks perfect, so I drop the hook before I stop the motor and that way the dough will drop off the hook a little bit better, most of the time any way. Take the hook out. We won't be needing that anytime soon and back to our work bench.