Farmer Style Sour Cream Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 1/2-3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds or 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 stir together sour cream and water in small saucepan.
• 2 heat over low heat until temperature reaches 120 to 130 degrees.
• 3 combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt and baking soda in large bowl.
• 4 spread sour cream mixture evenly over flour mixture with rubber spatula.
• 5 stir until well blended.
• 6 turn out dough onto lightly floured surface.
• 7 knead 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic, gradually adding remaining flour to prevent sticking, if necessary.
• 8 grease large baking sheet.
• 9 shape dough into ball; place eon prepared sheet.
• 10 flatten into 8 inch circle; brush with oil.
• 11 sprinkle with poppy seeds.
• 12 invert large bowl over dough and let rise in warm palce 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
• 13 preheat oven to 350. bake 22 to 27 minutes or until golden brown. remove immediately from baking sheet.