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In your kitchenaide mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, mix together all of the bread ingedients, except the flour, until blended.
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Add the flour 2 cups at a time until the dough comes together and you can touch it without it completely sticking to your fingers.
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A little sticky is ok as long as you can pick it up in one ball.
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Knead with the dough hook for 8 minutes.
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Then remove and place the dough in a large greased bowl, making sure all the dough has been lightly coated with grease.
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Cover and let rise until double in size, this took about 2 hours for me.
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While the dough is rising, mix together the filling ingrdients and set aside in the refrigerator.
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Once the dough has doubled pour the filling over the dough and punch down, mixing the filling into the dough as you fold dough over itself.
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Turn the dough out onto a very well floured surface.
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Knead the dough about 12 times to get the filling well combined int he dough.
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Mixing the filling in will get kind of messy so use lots of flour to help!
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Cut the dough half and shape each peice into a large round loaf.
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Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and let rise a second time.
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This will take about 30 minutes, or until the loafs have almost doubled(about 1.5 times bigger).
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Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, then if you like a crispy crust turn heat to 400 and bake for 10 more minutes.
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I turned my second loaf into crutons, which were really really good!
