Danish Anise And Almond Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons anise seed
• 1/3 cup toasted almond, chopped
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 use bread machine, or.
• 2 dissolve yeast in 3/4 c warm water. let stand 10 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, almonds and anise seed.
• 4 add butter, oil, egg and egg yolk to the yeast mixture. mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
• 5 knead dough until smooth.
• 6 put dough into greased bowl, turn over and cover. let stand in warm place until almost doubled in bulk.
• 7 punch down dough and form into round loaf. put on greased baking sheet.
• 8 let stand in warm place for 30 minutes.
• 9 brush dough with egg wash or milk.
• 10 bake at 350f for 35-45 minutes or until browned. tap bottom of loaf and if it.
• 11 sounds hollow, it should be done. cool loaf before slicing.