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Categories: Bread - Side - Baked - Stovetop
From: Wyoming
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Ingredients

Ingredient Amount Notes
Water ½ cup + ½ cup + ½ cup  
Sugar 1 Tbsp  
Salt 1 tsp + ½ tsp  
Shortening 2 Tbsp  
Flour 3½ - 4 cups  
Yeast 1 Cake  
Eggs 2 Whites  
Cornmeal   For dusting
Corn Starch 1½ tsp  

Method

  1. Soften yeast cake in ½ cup water
  2. Separate eggs, discarding yolks or using for another purpose
  3. Put ½ cup lukewarm water in large mixing bowl
  4. Add sugar, 1 tsp salt, and shortening
  5. Beat in 1 cup flour
  6. Add softened yeast
  7. Beat in ½ cup flour
  8. Fold in egg whites
  9. Add enough additional flour to make a sitff dough
  10. Knead well
  11. Let rise
  12. Punch down
  13. Let rise again
  14. divide into 2 even parts
  15. shape each part into a tapering loaf
  16. Sprinkle baking sheet well with corn meal
  17. Place loaces on baking sheet
  18. Cover with damp cloth
  19. Let rise until rounded and light
  20. Preheat oven to 450 °F
  21. Cook cornstarch, ½ tsp salt, and ½ cup cold water until thick and clear
  22. Spread on bread
  23. Cut diagonal gashes in bread ½ inch deep
  24. Boil large pan of water
  25. Place boiling water in bottom of oven
  26. Bake bread at 450 °F for 15 minutes, or until golden
  27. Reduce oven to 350 °F and bake additional 25-35 minutes or until the bread sounds hollow when tapped on bottomt
  28. Cool on rack

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