Whole-Wheat Bread Basket – Country Living

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Italian-style hearty and homemade bread that brings home-style flavor to your table
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This Italian bread features Prepare Steps 1 through 3 of recipe for Whole-Wheat Breadsticks as. The flavors come together beautifully. Wonderful fresh from the oven, pairs well with any meal. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1 Calories: 66.5

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This Italian bread features Prepare Steps 1 through 3 of recipe for Whole-Wheat Breadsticks as. The flavors come together beautifully. Wonderful fresh from the oven, pairs well with any meal. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. directed.
  2. Do not prepare Egg Glaze.
  3. Heat oven to 375'F.
  4. Invert two 8-inch metal bowls on a small baking sheet or pizza pan.
  5. Very generously grease outside of each bowl.
  6. Roll out dough to a 16- by 10-inch rectangle.
  7. With sharp knife,
  8. cut three 1/2-inch strips from 16-inch side of rectangle; braid into a 16-inch strip for handle.
  9. Center braid over one greased bowl; trim off excess.
  10. If desired, if bowl is flat rather than round on the bottom,
  11. place a greased ball of aluminum foil under braid on top of bowl to
  12. make handle rounded.
  13. Repeat to make another 16-inch braid; set aside.
  14. Cut remainder of dough into seven 16-by 1-inch strips.
  15. Cut 4 strips in half and
  16. place the 8 half-strips, spoke-fashion, over second greased bowl, meeting loosely in top center of inverted bowl.
  17. Trim off and reserve any excess dough at bottom where bowl meets baking sheet.
  18. Stretch reserved braid around bottom of bowl, pinching together where ends meet.
  19. Weave a strip of dough through dough "spokes," 1 inch above braid.
  20. Repeat weaving 3 more strips at 1-inch intervals pinching off excess dough and joining ends of strips.
  21. Pinch ends of "spokes" together and flatten at what will become the bottom of the basket.
  22. Shape excess dough into a roll; let rise and bake with basket.
  23. Let rise in warm place, away from drafts, until double in size-about 40 minutes.
  24. Bake , still on inverted bowls, 30 to 35 minutes or until bread is well browned and sounds hollow when tapped on top.
  25. Cool bread on wire rack at least 20 minutes.
  26. Gently remove bread from bowls and cool completely.
  27. For serving, attach handle to basket with toothpicks, and, if desired, fill with other breads.
  28. Country Living/Jan/94 Scanned & fixed by DP and GG

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 66.5kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.8g2%
Saturated Fat 0.1g1%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 122.8mg6%
Total Carbohydrate 12.2g5%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g3%
Sugars 1.2g
Protein 2.2g5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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