Yield: 1 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
1½ \N | To 1 3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose |
\N \N | Flour |
1 pack | Rapid-rising dry yeast |
½ teaspoon | Salt |
⅔ cup | Very warm water (120 degrees to |
130 \N | Degrees F) |
½ cup | Olive oil |
1 tablespoon | Honey |
1 tablespoon | Butter |
1 large | Golden delicious or other |
\N \N | Sweet firm apple, peeled, cored, |
\N \N | And cut into 1/4-inch thick slices |
¼ teaspoon | Coarse (kosher) salt |
\N \N | (optional) |
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 1½ cups flour, the yeast, and salt. Slowly beat in water, ¼ 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 ¼ 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.