This is by far the best pumpernickel recipe I've ever made. I halved the recipe portions, and it was the perfect size for a small dip/soup bowl! If you like the hearty, molasses flavor of pumpernickel, you should try this!!

A Blue Ribbon Winner! I've made myself nuts looking for a good dark bread recipe. I found it!!! However, I did tweak it a tiny bit, I used good strong mocha flavored coffee in place of water and cocoa. I added a full tablespoon of "rye sour" to give it a real deli flavor and a tablespoon of malt powder for a little more rise. This is after making 3 or 4 loaves & decided it was best, entered in the fair and won that blue ribbon!!!!! Note, I only used the bread machine to mix the dough. I baked a free form loaf in the oven. Ummmm good and thank you for sharing your recipe Marilyn!!!

This bread is so good! It's my favorite "dark bread" from this site.

need to increase water by an additional 1/4 cup

Great taste and texture! I wish it was darker and that it would rise more. I didn't use the gluten, that may have helped. I also had to make it by hand, I don't have a bread maker... that might have made the difference.

My husband really enjoyed the recipe and I would make this again. Thanks

My husband and I really enjoy the taste of this bread. We're going to make this one day with our Reubens. Hmmmm! That should be really good. Thanks for a great tasting and different bread for my bread machine.

This came out perfect in my bread machine. I didn't change anything.

This is a great pumpernickel bread recipe. It turns out perfect. I follow the recipe exactly, except I don't add caraway seed because I don't like them, and vital wheat gluten, because I never have any on hand.

I've been making this for years and really enjoy this bread. I usually add raisins also. It is very moist and always rises nicely.

I used black strap molasses instead of regular. The bread came out perfectly and is delicious.

This was a good bread. I thought it had a little too much cocoa as I could smell it while eating, that was just strange to me. I will probably try it again and reduce the cocoa a little. I didn't use caraway seeds or wheat gluten.

Very nice bread. I did not have any bread flour or vital wheat gluten, and used all-purpose flour instead. The loaf was still very nice. Bread flour would probably have made a more dense and chewy loaf, so for comparison, I will make this again with the correct ingredients next time. I also did not bake the loaf in the bread machine. After the dough had risen, I removed it from the machine, shaped it into an oval loaf and let it rise again. I slashed the top a few times and put it in a 350 oven for 45 minutes. It turned out very nicely.

I didn't have any molasses so I used honey and light corn syrup to equal what should have been molasses; that seemed to work out fine. The bread turned out great, but not quite perfect. I'm sure my boyfriend won't mind me making another loaf to see if I can improve it just a little more. :)

This was yummy....kind of like Outback's bread. I left out the vital gluten and it was just fine.

Beautiful and delicious, but make sure you leave plenty of time for the bread to rise as it happens very slowly.

I made this for my husband who ate the whole loaf in two days!!

First time making pumpernickel bread and it tastes great. I omitted the cocoa and it was fine. Used blackstrap molasses. I gound up the caraway seeds since my husband can't have seeds. Thanks for a keeper. I had to change the serving size so it would fit my bread machine which makes 1# loaves. 2cups flour=1# loaf. 3cups flour=1 1/2# loaf. 4 cups flour = 2# loaf. Determine size of your bread machine pan: 10cups water=1# loaf pan size. 11-13cups water=1 1/2# loaf pan size. >13 cups of water=2# loaf size.