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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: thorp@pobox.upenn.edu
- Subject: Beer Bread
- Message-ID: <9401121537.AA06874@pobox.upenn.edu>
- Posted-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 94 10:37:27 -0500
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 94 10:37:27 -0500
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- >From the Fatfree list.
-
- Beer Bread
- Makes 16 Servings
- >From February 1994 Weight Watchers Magazine
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- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1/4 C warm water (105-115)
- 1 t. granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 C all-purpose unbleached flour (reserve 2 T)
- 1 3/4 C cake flour
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- 1 1/4 C warm beer (105-115)
- 2 t salt
- 1 T cornmeal
-
- In small bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water. Stir in sugar and set aside
- about 10 minutes or until foamy.
-
- In work bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade, combine the
- folours, half the beer, the yeast mixture and salt. Pulse on and off 4
- times. Add the remaining beer and process 8 seconds to form an elastic
- spongy wet dough.
-
- Spray a large glass or ceramic bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Place
- dough in bowl, turning to coat all sides. Cover and place in a warm,
- draft-free place to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
-
- Sprinkle clean work surface with 1 tablespoon reserved flour and work dough
- into a ball. Line a banneton or bowl with a clean non-terrycloth kitchen
- towel; sprinkle cloth with remaining tablespoon of flour. Press dough into
- bowl; spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray and cover lossely with
- plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm, draft-free place to rise until almost
- doubled in bulk, but still firm, about 30-40 minutes.
-
- Preheat oven to 450. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray and
- sprinkle the center with cornmeal. Gently turn the dough out onto the
- cornmeal.
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- Cut an 'x' in the center of the dough with a clean razor blade or the steel
- blade of the food processor. Set dough aside in a warm, draft-free place to
- rise until doubled in bulk and springy, about 10 minutes.
-
- Bake 20 mintues; reduce oven temperature to 400 and bake 10 minutes longer
- or until bread sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Cool on a rack.
-
- Per Serving: 117 cal, 3g pro, 24g car, 0g fat: 0g poly, 0g mono, 0g sta;
- 276 mg sod, 0 mg chol.
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- Patti
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