Recipe: Honey French Bread (bread machine dough cycle)

HONEY FRENCH BREAD
(bread machine dough cycle)

3 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon+ honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/8 cups warm water (77 to 95 degrees F)
1 package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)

Place ingredients in your bread machine as the manufacturer suggests.
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Now comes the part where most of you will think I'm nuts! I set the bread machine on manual (dough cycle) so that it will knead the dough and let it rise. Then I put the unbaked dough in a greased loaf pan, the shape of a traditional loaf and let it rise again.

I bake it in the oven at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes.

Tip: Brush a little melted butter on top of the baked bread, this keeps the crust soft.

From: Bubbles, NH