
Recipe for small rye breads for the packed lunch
Although we are big fans of rye bread at home, it is not always the case that Karen, 4 years old, and Erik, 1 year old, eat their rye bread in their lunchboxes.
Therefore, I experiment a lot with finding other bread forms that provide a satisfying and good base for them. Previously, it has been rye bread waffles, healthy snack buns, spinach waffles, or chickpea waffles.
They can certainly be baked as a large bread in a baking pan, where you then cut them into squares before giving them a turn in the oven.
I just know that the children find them even more fun when I bake them in different silicone molds, so here they are baked in two different sizes.
They are freezer-friendly, so pack them in three different bags and freeze two of them.

Small rye breads for the packed lunch
Equipment
- Silicone Mold
Ingredients
- 180 gram Rye Kernels broken
- 300 gram Boiling water
- 1 can White Wine 33 cl
- 40 gram Yeast
- 306 gram Buttermilk
- 185 gram Wheat Flour approximately
- 18 gram Coarse salt
- 900 gram Rye Flour approximately
Instructions
- Start by soaking the rye grains:
- Pour boiling water into a bowl and add the grains.
- Stir and let it soak for at least 60 minutes.
- Add yeast and beer and stir.
- Add salt, wheat flour and buttermilk and mix well, for instance with a stand mixer or electric whisk (with dough hook).
- Gradually add rye flour and shortly after, you will need to use your hands to finish the dough. It may be necessary to use +/- 50 grams of rye flour; this often depends on the humidity. The consistency should be quite firm.
- Let it rise for approximately 60 minutes, covering with a clean tea towel (or as I do: a shower cap).
- Bake them in a baking tray lined with parchment paper or as I did: in small silicone molds, so they ended up in different sizes.
- Bake at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) conventional oven for approximately 40-50 minutes.
- When they're done, take them out of the baking form and place them on a wire rack to cool.
- Bon appétit.
