Soft White Bagette-Style Bread

Serves:	3
Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	1686
Preparation Time:	120 M
Cooking Time:	150 M
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 1-1/4 cups Warm Water
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Dry Yeast
• 2 tbsp Butter, melted
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 3-4 cups Flour
• 1 Egg White
• 1 tsp Cold Water
• Sesame Seeds

Cooking Instructions:

• Spray nonstick cooking spray on a cookie sheet lined with foil.
• In a small bowl take yeast and to it add 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 cup warm water and leave for 10 minutes to make the yeast foam.
• In another bowl take 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Now pour the yeast mixture and knead the flour to make soft semi- sticky dough.
• Now flour a plane surface and cover with a tea towel and then keep the dough on it for 10 minutes.
• Knead gently after 10 minutes and form a round ball.
• Grease a bowl and place the dough in it. Cover with the tea cloth and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour to make the dough rise.
• After an hour take the dough into a surface sprinkled with flour and shape it into a rectangle.
• Now cover the loaf with a dry tea towel and set aside to rise for 35 minutes.
• In a cup beat 1 egg white with 1 teaspoon cold water.
• Lightly coat the loaf with this mixture and sprinkle sesame seeds.
• Place the bread in the cookie sheet and then bake for 30 minutes in a pre heated oven at 375 degrees F.
• Remove when the bread is golden brown.