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Basic Bread #3

Basic Bread #3 — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.5 cup Water
• 1.0 tbsp Sugar
• 1.25 tsp Salt
• 3.6667 cup Bread Flour

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   Roll into a 10"X8" rectangle. Beginning at long end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. pinch seams and ends to seal. Taper ends by gently rolling back and forth.

2. 2

   Place loaf, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal(optional). Lightly brush with oil. Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place until double in size, 20-30 minutes. With a sharp knife make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep across the top of loaf. Lightly beat egg white and 1 tablespoon water; brush some of the egg white mixture over top of loaf. Bake at 350 F.for 20 min. Brush again with remaining egg white mixture.