Moroccan Anise Bread

This is something I had made this by Christmas for our vegetarian Christmas breakfast. Interestingly this was on my hear e'er since nosotros watched an episode well-nigh Kingdom of Morocco on Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, just did non larn around to larn inward till recently. It is a unproblematic apartment breadstuff amongst rattling minimal ingredients as well as a conduct forwards recipe :-). I served it amongst a Wild mushroom stew, the recipe for which I volition post service soon.

Ingredients:

Organic whole wheat flour - i cup
Organic unbleached all usage flour - i cup
Sea common salt - i tsp
Organic milk (lukewarm) - 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds - i tsp
Anise seeds - i tsp (I substituted amongst carom seeds/ajwain/omam)

Yeast starter:

Organic milk (lukewarm) 1/3 cup
Organic raw saccharide - 1/2 tsp
Yeast - i tsp

Directions:

Place the warm milk inward a pocket-size bowl, stir inward the saccharide as well as and thus mix inward yeast, as well as thus gear upwards aside inward a warm house for well-nigh ten minutes, till frothy.
In a large bowl, mix together the 2 flours as well as salt.
Crush anise seeds slightly betwixt your palms as well as add together that to the flour mixture.
Add the yeast mixture as well as warm milk to brand a dough.
Knead into a ball as well as knead on a floured surface for ten minutes, adding extra flour H2O equally necessary to brand an elastic dough.
Place on floured baking tray as well as press downwardly amongst your manus to brand circular breads well-nigh 5-6 inches inward diameter. (I simply seat the dough on a half dozen inch cake pan thus that I bring dainty circular shape)
Cover amongst build clean damp stuff as well as gear upwards aside inward a warm house for well-nigh 2 hours, till it is doubled inward size.
It is attain to bake when the dough springs dorsum if gently pressed amongst a finger.
Sprinkle the loaf amongst the sesame seeds.
Bake inward your toaster oven @ 400 deg for outset 12-15 minutes.
Reduce oestrus to 300 as well as hold baking for well-nigh 20-25 minutes till they are golden dark-brown as well as audio hollow when tapped underneath.
Serve warm.