French Bread

1 cup + 2 Tbsp. water (75”.85°F)

2 tsp. butter or margarine, softened

1 Tbsp. sugar l-112 tsp. salt

3-l/4 cups bread flour

2-l/2 tsp. breadmaker yeast

I, Insert kneading blade in bread pan.

2.Add ingredients, except yeast, to the pan in the order given. With finger, make a small indentation on one side of the flour. Add yeast t o the indentation, making sure it does not come into contact with the liquid ingredients.

3.Insert bread Pan into breadmaker; gently close lid. Plug the power cord into a wall outlet. Press the “Select” button until the “French” cycle

is reached. Press the “Crust Color” button to select a Crust color (light, medium or dark). Press the “Start/Stop” button to start the cycle.

4.When the machine emits 10 beeps, the bread is ready. Unplug the machine. Lift the lid and, using oven mitts, firmly grasp the bread-pan handle and gently twist the pan, then pull up and out of the machine.

5.Use a spatula to gently loosen the sides of the bread from the pan;

turn bread pan upside down onto a wire cooling rack and gently shake until bread falls cut onto rack. Make sure the mixing paddle is still attached to the bread Pan.

6.Turn bread right-side up on rack and cool about 15 minutes before slicing.

NOTE: Do not use this recipe (containing dairy products) with any Delay Timer function.

YIELD: 1 LOAF