Shallot Sage Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2/3 cup shallots, finely chopped or 2/3 cup green onion
• 6 1/2-7 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 packages dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh sage or 1 teaspoon dried sage, crushed
• 2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet melt the 1 tbsp butter,cook shallots 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl,stir together 2 cups of the flour,yeast and sage,set aside.
• 4 heat and stir water,butter,sugar and salt just until warm (120-130) and butter almost melts.
• 5 add shallots and water mixture to flour mixture.
• 6 beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds,scraping bowl.
• 7 beat on high speed 3 minutes.
• 8 stir in as much of the remaning flour as you can.
• 9 turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
• 10 knead in enough of the remaning flour to make a moderately soft dough that is smooth and elastic.
• 11 shape into a ball.
• 12 place dough in a lightly greased bowl,turning once.
• 13 cover and let rise in warm place until double,about 1 hour.
• 14 punch dough down.
• 15 turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
• 16 divide in half.
• 17 cover,let rest 10 minutes.
• 18 grease 2 baking sheets,set adide.
• 19 shape each half of the dough into a 6 inch round loaf,tucking edged beneath.
• 20 with a sharp knife make 3 wvwnly spaced 3 inch cuts toward center of rounds.
• 21 place rounds on prepared baking sheets.
• 22 cover and let rise in warm place until nearly double,30-40 minutes.
• 23 bake in 375 oven 40 minutes.
• 24 remove from pans and cool on racks.