Italian Bread II

Name: Italian Bread II
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 1 Tbsp cornmeal; 1 egg; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sesame seeds; 710 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp water; 266 milliliters warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

Italian Bread II takes roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes from beginning to end. One serving contains 225 calories, 7g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. If you have active yeast, olive oil, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Bread Baking: Italian-Style Bread with White Whole Wheat, Bread Machine Italian Bread (Baked in Oven), and Italian Bread.

Instructions

Add all ingredients except egg, 1 tablespoon water, sesame seeds, and cornmeal into your bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the dough cycle.

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Bread

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Divide dough into 2 parts and form into loaves.

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Dough

Sprinkle cornmeal on greased baking sheet.

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Cornmeal

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Place loaves on pan seam side down.

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Brush top of loaves with water.

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Water

Let rise til double, about 50 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Brush loaves with egg wash.

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Egg

Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Make 4 cuts about 1/4 inch deep across top of log.

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Place a pan of hot water in bottom of oven.

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Water

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Oven

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Bake bread for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. To make a nice crusty bread, bake bread in the afternoon and pop into oven again for 5 minutes before meal. Makes a very crusty bread! You would be surprised how much better it is if you heat it that last 5 minutes. Try it. I learned this in a bread machine class!

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Crusty Bread