Name: Bev's Crusty Country Italian Bread
Ingredients: lg Loaf:; 1 1/4 c WATER; (10 oz); 3 c All purpose FLOUR; 1/4 c Pumpernickel FLOUR; 1/4 c Whole Wheat FLOUR; 1 tb GLUTEN; 1 ts SALT; 2 ts Active dry YEAST

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Italian		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

	lg	Loaf:
1 1/4	c	WATER; (10 oz)
3	c	All purpose FLOUR
1/4	c	Pumpernickel FLOUR
1/4	c	Whole Wheat FLOUR
1	tb	GLUTEN
1	ts	SALT
2	ts	Active dry YEAST

INSTRUCTIONS

****Directions for baking Bread in clay cookware:
1. Rub Flour on sides and bottom of clay pot.
2. Remove dough ball from bread machine and place on .oiled. counter top.
3. Form dough into one oblong loaf.
4. Completely cover shaped dough ball with flour and place in clay pot
bottom.
5. Let rise 1-3 hours covered in warm place.
6. Soak TOP of Clay Pot in HOT water for at least 15 minutes
7. Place .soaked. clay pot COVER on clay pot bottom.
8. Put into COLD oven. -- Set oven temperature at 450 degrees.
9. Bake 45 minutes.
10. Remove cover, check for doneness and color.
(In my oven, this is enough time for the bread to be done and nicely
browned, however ovens vary, so if necessary, bread may be baked/browned an
additional 15 minutes UN- covered) (Bread will be done when a finger thump
on the loaf.s surface sounds hollow)
11. Allow the bread to cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Posted to KitMailbox Digest  by ClayCooker <ClayCooker@aol.com> on Apr 17,
1998

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