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Thyme Bread Loaf

Author Diana
Servings 1 kg loaf

Ingredients

  • 60 grams butter room temperature
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 310 ml fresh milk
  • 470 all purpose flour
  • 1.5 tsp instant yeast
  • 2 tbsp flax seed
  • 2 tbsp dried thyme
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

Using an oven:

  • Preheat oven to 220°.
  • In a medium sized bowl beat butter with honey and milk, continue beating until combined.
  • In another bowl whisk together flour with salt, and yeast. (activate yeast by adding 2tbsp of lukewarm water and 1tsp of sugar)
  • Slowly stir the flour mixture to the butter and milk mixture, stir until just combined but do not over mix.
  • Let dough sit for 1 hour in a bowl covered with damp cloth in a warm place.
  • knead for 10-15 minutes, then add seeds to dough.
  • Line a loaf pan with wax paper and add the dough, add olive oil to top and sprinkle with dried thyme.
  • Bake until top is golden and bread is ready. Let it chill on a wire rack for half an hour and serve.

Notes

If you own a bread making machine, all you have to do is mix the ingredients in sequence above, choose dark crust, and size of 1000 grams (1kg), switch it on and let it do its thing.