Pain de Champagne

FOR THE SPONGE: Pour champagne into bread machine. Add yeast and flour. Program machine for dough cycle and press start. Allow machine to knead dough 5 minutes, then stop machine. Keep dough in bread machine with lid closed 12 hours. DO-AHEAD TIP: Sponge can be made up to 3 weeks ahead. Store sponge in tightly sealed jar with enough room in jar for sponge to expand as it grows, and refrigerate. FOR THE DOUGH: Add all ingredients to Champagne sponge in bread machine. Program machine for dough cycle, first knead and first rise, then press start. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil two 6-cup or one 8-cup loaf pan. Gently punch dough down. Transfer dough to prepared loaf pan. Cover and let rise until dough is almost double in size, about 35 minutes. Bake until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of bread register registers 200 degrees F, about 40 minutes. Transfer bread to rack and cool before slicing. Recipe created exclusively for Cooking.com by Lora Brody. Serving size = 1/8 loaf