Serves: 16
Total Calories: 81

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened
3 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
2/3 cup dried, quartered apricots
cornmeal

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except apricots and cornmeal in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add apricots at the Raisin/Nut signal.

Select Dough/Manual cycle. Do not use delay cycles.

Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands. Cover and let rest 10 minutes on lightly floured surface.

Grease large cookie sheet sprinkle with cornmeal. Shape dough into round loaf, about 5 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. Roll top of loaf on lightly floured surface place floured side up on cookie sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place 40 to 50 minutes or until 7 1/2 inches in diameter.

Heat oven to 400°. Make slashes, 1/4 inch deep, in tic-tac-toe pattern on top of loaf, using sharp knife. Spray with water. Bake 10 minutes, spraying 3 times with water. Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until loaf is deep golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack cool.

1 slice: 155 calories (20 calories from fat) 2g fat (0g saturated) 0mg cholesterol 200mg sodium 31g carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber) 4g protein.

SUCCESS TIP
If your bread machine doesn't have a Raisin/Nut signal, add the apricots 5 to 10 minutes before the last kneading cycle ends. Check your bread machine's use-and-care book to find out how long the last cycle runs.

Try This
The wonderful lemony, pine flavor of rosemary also complements other dried fruits. For a flavor twist, dried peaches or apples, cut into ½-inch pieces, can be used instead of the apricots.

Shaping
Make slashes, ¼-inch deep, in tic-tac-toe pattern on top of loaf.


From "Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook, The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way." Text Copyright 1999 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 16
Total Calories: 81
Calories from Fat: 3

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