Making Your Own Rye Bread

By James MacGuire

Photographs by Andrew Axilrod

[Read the article “Real Rye Bread: Why It's So Rare and Difficult to Make.”]

The Rye Flour

Rye flour, like wheat flour, is milled using a series of grindings and siftings. First the grain is sent through rollers to be gently crushed, which turns the crumbly white endosperm into small chunks and powder, while the bran becomes f…