Hazelnut Friendship Bread
Here's another recipe to use our Friendship Bread Starter ... Hope you still have your sponge 'brewing' in the fridge!
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups warm water
1 packet of yeast
3 Tablespoons Hazelnut Oil
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup of bread starter
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark rye flour
¼ cup brown sugar
3 cups bread flour
3 Tablespoons Hazelnut Oil
4 ounces chopped Hazelnuts
Combine the warm water, yeast, hazelnut oil and sugar and let it set for 5 minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine the yeast mixture with 1 cup of Friendship Bread Starter and 1 cup of flour. Mix well. Cover this and place it in a warm location for 1 ½ hours, until it doubles in volume.
Back to the mixer! To this risen mixture, add 1 teaspoon salt, 3 Tablespoons Hazelnut Oil, the rye flour and brown sugar. Mix in the remaining 3 cups of bread flour and knead for 5 minutes. In the last minute of kneading, add the chopped hazelnuts. Form into four small loaves and cover and let rise for another hour, until they double in size. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes. While still hot, brush with melted butter or additional Hazelnut oil to soften the crust.
Don’t mistake this for a sweet bread because of the brown sugar and nuts. It is just a nice soft loaf that will accompany any meal … or make beautiful chicken salad sandwiches!
