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  1. Exported from MasterCook

  2. Italian Bread

  3. 2 Preparation Time :

  4. Categories : Breads Italian

  5. Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

  6. 1 tablespoon Sugar

  7. Water

  8. 2 teaspoon Salt

  9. Cornmeal

  10. 2 package Active dry yeast

  11. 1 Egg

  12. 5 cup All-purpose flour

  13. Salad oil

  14. 1 tablespoon Butter or margarine

  15. (42 min left), (H)elp, More? 1. In large bowl, combine sugar, salt, yeast, and 2 cups flour. In 1-quart saucepan over low heat, heat butter or margarine and 1 3/4 cups water until very warm (120ø to 130ø F.)

  16. 2. With

  17. mixer at low speed, gradually beat liquid into dry ingredients until just

  18. blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl

  19. with rubber spatula.

  20. 3. Beat in 1/2 cup flour to make thick batter; continue beating mixture at

  21. medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula. With

  22. 1 3/4 cups

  23. soft dough.

  24. 4. Turn dough onto floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, (42 min

  25. 10 minutes, adding flour while kneading.

  26. 5. Cut dough in half; cover pieces with bowl; let dough rest for 20 minutes

  27. for easier shaping.

  28. 6. Grease large cookie sheet; sprinkle cookie sheet with cornmeal.

  29. 7. On floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll each half into 15 by

  30. 10 rectangle. From

  31. 15 side, tightly roll dough, jelly-roll fashion; pinch

  32. seam to seal.

  33. 8. Place loaves, seam side down, on cookie sheet and taper ends. Brush

  34. 2 to 24 hours.

  35. 9. Preheat oven to 425ø F. Meanwhile, remove loaves from (42 min left),

  36. 10 minutes. Cut 3 or diagonal slashes on top of each loaf. Bake 20 minutes.

  37. 10. In small bowl with fork, beat egg white with 1 tablespoon of water.

  38. Remove loaves from oven; brush with egg-white mixture; return to oven and bake

  39. 5 minutes.

  40. Contributed by Wesley ("Ain't no beans in *MY* chili") Pitts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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