Easy Bread
Ingredients
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup milk
1 beaten egg
1 1/2 Tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. butter
3 1/4 cups flour
2 Tbsp. yellow cornmeal
3 Tsp. yeast
Directions
In a bread maker pan,place the salt,sugar and butter.
Heat the milk for 30-45 seconds in a microwave.
Slowly incorporate the milk into the already beaten egg being careful not to end up with a scrambled egg mixture.
Pour egg mixture into bread pan with the salt,sugar and butter.
Put 1 cup flour into the bread pan followed by 1 Tbsp cornmeal.
Repeat with 1 cup flour,remaining cornmeal and ending with the last 1 1/4 cup flour.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the yeast.
Process in the bread maker on the dough cycle only.
Remove the pan from the machine,cover with a clean cloth and let dough rest for 10 min.
Divide dough into 2 equal portions,form into loaves of whatever shape you like.
Place loaves on a sheet pan,cover and let rise for 1 hr.
Preheat oven to 375 deg and bake loaves for 35 min or until they sound hollow when tapped.
Cool on a wire rack or eat warm.
If you don't have a bread maker, mix all ingredients (in the same order) in a large bowl.
Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost until doubled in size.
Punch down then form into your loaves and follow the rest of the directions.
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