Lindas Fantabulous Italian Bread A B M Food

LINDA'S FANTABULOUS ITALIAN BREAD A B M

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 375 while dough rises. If you are using a pizza stone it is important to have it screaming hot.
• Put all ingredients **except** last 5 into bread machine on DOUGH cycle. Run through the entire dough cycle, turn off the machine and start it over so you get two kneading and rising cycles. It will make a nice difference in the loaf.
• Put dough onto a silpat which is on a cookie sheet with no edges and punch down, letting it rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Shape into a rectangle on the silpat.
• Roll the dough from the long side, pinching it as you roll to prevent it from unrolling.
• Gently move the loaf to one side of the pan.
• Sprinkle the silpat with cornmeal and position the loaf 'kitty cornered' in the pan, with the seam side down.
• Let rise in a warm spot covered with a damp towel for 30 to 40 minutes until it is doubled (I use my proofing oven on the lowest setting, about 100 degrees.
• With a very sharp knife, carefully slash the loaf in 4 places.
• Mix the egg white with a drop of water and gently brush it on the loaf. Wait 5 minutes and gently brush it again.
• Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds (I really cover the loaf heavily and it looks so beautiful when it comes out of the oven).
• Put the silpat onto your baking stone quickly by sliding it off of the baking sheet which has no sides. If you are not using a stone just put the pan in the oven as usual.
• Toss 6 ice cubes onto the bottom of your oven and shut the door. Repeat 10 minutes later with 6 more ice cubes.
• Bake a total of 35 to 40 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. 15. Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
• Wonderful with pasta.
• Leftovers make great toast!

RUSTIC ITALIAN BREAD ABM

Steps:

• Add flour, oil, salt, sugar, yeast and water to your bread machine according to its instructions.
• Set on dough setting.
• Always follow your machines instructions, when mixing open it and keep check on the dough. Dough should be in a nice round soft sticky to the touch ball. If it is not add more water, or add flour which ever is needed.
• Remove when signal beeps and cycle is done.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Sprinkle cornflour or cornmeal onto a baking sheet.
• Punch dough down and form into a long or oval loaf.
• Cover and let rise for 25 more minutes.
• It should be doubled again by this time.
• Uncover and slash the top with a sharp knife or razor.
• Brush all over with the beaten egg white.
• Bake 25 minutes to 35 minutes, until hollow sounding when tapped on bottom.
• Cool.

LINDA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients. Combine eggs, oil and bananas, add to dry ingredients. Beat until smooth. Bake in loaf pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Let cool. Serve warm or room temperature.

SPINACH FETA BREAD (A B M)

Steps:

• Add the dough ingredients to your bread machine pan in the order listed.
• Set your machine for a 1 lb dough cycle. If your machine has an extras setting, select it.
• Toss the cubed feta with the whole wheat flour. Add to the extras dispenser if your bread machine has one, if not, just set it aside. (It doesn't all fit into the dispenser, so add what will fit, and either mound the rest on top, or set it aside.).
• You have to pay attention to your machine. If it has the extras setting (on my machine, it's 20 minutes into the cycle), when you hear it dispense the cheese, open the lid and add the shredded spinach. If you don't have an extra setting, open the lid and add the spinach and the cheese 20 minutes into the cycle.
• Once the cycle is complete, remove the dough from the machine, form it into a tight ball, cover it with bread machine pan, and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Shape the dough into a fat, round loaf. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Brush the top of the loaf with the optional beaten egg. (It gives the finished loaf a nice shiny glaze.).
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
• Cool on a wire rack.