Measure ingredients the night before

This morning I slipped some Russian Black Bread into the oven.

Making that bread is easy if you have some fennel seeds about, some apple cider vinegar, cocoa, coffee granules, and a few raisins.

Check the dough out here.

What I can't capture is that smell of the bread as it is rising and before I put it into loaves.

Maybe you can see a few holes where I had to poke my finger in to see if it was really that good.

I just couldn't help myself from doing that poking action more than once, even though I am about to punch it down and pan the bread.

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