Basil And Sun Dried Tomato Bread Recipe

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   Makes a large 1 1/2 loaf in the machine, or possibly two regular loaves baked in the standard-sized loaf pans.

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   *Pour boiling water over sun-dry tomato halves.

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   Soak 10 min, drain, and cold to room temperature.

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   With a scissors.

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   snip into 1/4 inch pcs.

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   Don't use tomatoes which are reconstituted and packed in oil for this recipe.

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   Add in all the ingredients in the order suggested by your bread machine manual and process on the basic bread cycle according to the manufacturers directions.

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   Or possibly knead by hand (or possibly by machine), let rise in bowl lightly sprayed with veg.

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   spray, punch down, let rise in loaf pans (lightly sprayed with veg.

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    spray) , and then bake until browned and done in a 350 oven (approximately 20-25 min.)

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    This last paragraph may help those of you wanting to know how to convert a bread machine recipe into a hand made one.

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    NOTES : ( Note which all these bread-machine recipes can also be made the old-fashioned sweat-of-the-brow way, or possibly the way I do, that is to do the messy mixing and kneading of the dough in my bread machine, and the shaping, final-rising, and baking in pans of my choice, in my oven.)

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.