Rustic Italian Bread Abm

Total Time: 3 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cups bread flour or 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• cornmeal, for baking sheet
• 1 egg white, slightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 add flour, oil, salt, sugar, yeast and water to your bread machine according to its instructions.
• 2 set on dough setting.
• 3 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.
• 4 remove when signal beeps and cycle is done.
• 5 preheat oven to 375ã‚â°f.
• 6 sprinkle cornflour or cornmeal a baking sheet.
• 7 punch dough down and form into a long or oval loaf.
• 8 cover and let rise for 25 more minutes.
• 9 it should be doubled again by this time.
• 10 uncover and slash the top with a sharp knife or razor.
• 11 brush all over with the beaten egg white.
• 12 bake 25 minutes to 35 minutes, until hollow sounding when tapped on bottom.
• 13 cool.