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Arange all your ingredients. (27kb)

Begin with a high quality Flour: (4) cups. use a dry measure. (25kb)

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...1/4 cupof oat flour (27kb)

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2/3 cups of wheta flour (25kb)

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1 tablespoon of powdered milk (27kb)

1/4 cup of honey  (27kb)

2 teaspoons of yeast. (26kb)

Sometimes i like using an oil substitute to cut back a little on calories. HA! (27kb)

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Measure 2 cupsof water at 87-97 degrees. be sure it isn

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I like to mix all the liquid ingredients together before adding to the pre mixed dry stuff. (23kb)

...Use the mix setting and mix until all particles are clumpy. in the meantime, spray the pans with canola oil and dust with cornmeal (25kb)

you want to avoid dough that is too wet or too dry..if it is just right the dough will crawl out of the bowl onto the dough hook. (24kb)

spray sides of bowl and position dough in middle. sett the oven to broil and turn on for exactly 1 minute-no longer. to achieve roughly 85 degrees for proofing. (24kb)

cover and allow to rise for 45 minutes or until doubled in size. (24kb)

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PLOP! (25kb)

divide dough in half. (24kb)

pounch down and form loaves (23kb)

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brush tops with milk for that shinny finsh that resists scuff marks...oh, by the way allow the loaves to rise a second time for 30 minutes.... (22kb)

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preheat oven to 375F (21kb)

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cook for 18 minutes and then check and add aluminum foil if tops are cooking too fast. return to oven and cook for 18 minutes more  and your are done. (18kb)

...remove from oven and cool on rack until bread pulls away from pans  then cool on wire rack. (30kb)

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