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Italian Bread

Italian Bread — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.0 tbsp Sugar Water
• 2.0 tsp Salt Cornmeal
• 2.0 pkg Active Dry Yeast
• 1.0 Egg

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   (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 (120� to 130� F.) (Butter or margarine does not need to melt.) (Actually, I use the microwave for this part -wp-) 2. With mixer at low speed, gradually beat liquid into dry ingredients until just blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

2. 2

   Beat in 1/2 cup flour to make thick batter; continue beating mixture at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula. With wooden spoon, stir in enough additional flour (about 1 3/4 cups) to make a soft dough.