Serves: 16
Total Calories: 99

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened
1 1/2 cups bread flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons sesame seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seed
2 teaspoons yeast
1 egg white, beaten
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seeds

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except egg white and 1 teaspoon each poppy seed, sesame seed and fennel seed in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

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. Roll dough into 10-inch rope. Place on cookie sheet. Curl each end of rope in the opposite direction to form a coiled "S" shape. Cover and let rise in warm place 30 to 40 minutes or until almost double.

Heat oven to 375°. Brush egg white over loaf sprinkle with 1 teaspoon each poppy seed, sesame seed and fennel seed. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until loaf is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack cool.

1 slice: 100 calories (20 calories from fat) 2g fat (0g saturated) 0mg cholesterol 240mg sodium 19g carbohydrate (2g dietary fiber) 3g protein.

Try This
Be creative and use other seeds to top this bread. Try a teaspoon of dill or celery seed for the poppy seed, or anise, cardamom, or caraway seed for the fennel seed.

Shaping
Curl each end of rope in the opposite direction to form an "S" shape. Continue the coiling until ends meet. The bread won't lose the "S" shape during rising and baking if it is formed tight enough.


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: 99
Calories from Fat: 5

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