Swedish Rye Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. warm water
2 Tbsp. dry yeast
5 c. unbleached flour
2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. molasses
2 c. water
1 1/2 tsp. fennel seed
1 tsp. anise seed
1 tsp. caraway seed
3 Tbsp. Crisco
2 tsp. orange rind

Preparation

Mix the first 4 ingredients well.
Set aside.
Heat the brown sugar, molasses, water, seeds, Crisco and rind to boiling.
Pour over 5 cups rye flour.
When lukewarm, mix two mixtures together well and add unbleached flour until at the kneading stage.
Knead well.
Let rise and form into 5 large or 8 smaller loaves.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.