RUSTIC BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Biga:.
• In a glass or plastic bowl,stir flour, yeast and water together with a wooden spoon until smooth.Cover with a cloth and let stand overnight.It will be kind of bubbly.
• Bread:.
• Stir together flours,sugar,salt,.
• and Vital Gluten; set aside.
• Pour starter in bread machine.
• Add water, honey, Barley Malt,butter and oil.
• Add the flour mixture.
• Make a groove in flour and add yeast.
• Set Bread machine to Dough cycle.
• Keep an eye on the machine as dough may reach the top before the end of the cycle;if this happens push it back down.
• At the end of this cycle, remove dough from machine and split it in 2.
• Shape your breads in free form or in bread pans.
• Preheat oven 400*.
• Cover breads and let them rise for 45 minutes.
• Score the loaves.
• Place in hot oven for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350* and bake another 30 minutes.
• Remove bread from pans and tap the bottom to make sure it is baked(hollow sound).If not, return bread in the oven (without the pan)for another 5 minutes.
• Tip:.
• If you do not have Barley Malt double the amount of honey.
• While the oven is preheating,I set a large pan on top of the stove and sit my breads on a cookie on this pan for the rising stage.It works all the time.