Roti Pumpernickel

Instructions

1. To the bowl of your stand mixer, add the warm milk, brown sugar, and yeast. Stir to combine and allow the yeast to become frothy. About 5 minutes.
2. Once the yeast is ready, add the molasses, butter, bread flour, rye flour, wheat flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Using your dough hook attachment, on low speed, mix the dough until it comes together, about 4 minutes.
3. Increase the speed to medium and mix for an additional 3-4 minutes to help develop the gluten. Remove the dough from the bowl and place it in an oiled bowl. Cover and let the dough rest for an hour. The dough should double in size. Prepare a loaf pan by spraying it with cooking spray.
4. Once the dough has doubled in size, dump it out of the bowl onto a lightly floured surface and pound the air out of it and form it into a batard (a football shape) by folding the top into a point and rolling that point down and into the loaf, roll until you have reached the end of the dough and pinch the seams together.
5. Place the loaf, seam side down in the prepared loaf pan and preheat your oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. Cover your loaf and let it rise until it comes about an inch above the edges of the pan, and fills the pan in completely.
6. Bake the loaf for 30-40 minutes, the internal temperature should reach 190 degrees fahrenheit. Once the loaf has finished baking, remove it from the pan to let it cool to room temperature.