Servings: 1 Servings
Category: Breads
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 To 1 3/4 cups unsifted
- -all-purpose
- Flour
- 1 pk Rapid-rising dry yeast
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 2/3 c Very warm water (120 degrees
- -to
- 130 Degrees F)
- 1/2 c Olive oil
- 1 tb Honey
- 1 tb Butter
- 1 lg Golden delicious or other
- Sweet firm apple, peeled,
- -cored,
- And cut into 1/4-inch thick
- -slices
- 1/4 ts Coarse (kosher) salt
- (optional)
Directions
Sweet apples and salty bread provide an intriguing contrast in taste. To ensure that the hearth bread remains light and crisp, keep the dough soft: Don’t work in too much flour and knead it gently. Makes 1 loaf (6 servings) 1. In large bowl of heavy-duty electric mixer, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, the yeast, and salt. Slowly beat in water, 1/4 cup olive oil, and the honey; vigorously beat mixture 10 minutes. Cover bowl with clean cloth and let dough rise in warm place, away from drafts, 40 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt butter. Add apple slices and saute’ until very lightly browned; set aside. 3. After dough has risen 40 minutes, turn out onto floured surface. Gently knead in as much of remaining 1/4 cup flour as necessary to form a very soft dough – about 1 minute. Gently work apple slices into the dough. 4. Lightly oil large baking sheet. With floured fingers, shape dough into a 9 inch round on oiled sheet. Cover with clean cloth and let rise in warm place, away from drafts, until double in size – about 30 minutes. 5. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. With pastry brush, coat top of dough round with 2 tablespoons olive oil; sprinkle with coarse salt, if desired. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until hearth bread is browned. 6. Drizzle hearth bread with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and serve warm. Nutritional information per serving – protein: 4 grams; fat: 20 grams; carbohydrate: 34 grams; fiber: 2 grams; sodium: 195 milligrams; cholesterol: 5 milligrams; calories: 335. From: Country Living, September, 1992. From Gemini’s MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini