Fig and Fennel Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup rye flour
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 ¼ cups water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 envelope dry yeast
• 3 cups bread flour
• + 1 more ingredients
• • 1 8-ounce package dried Calimyrna figs

Mix 1 1/4 cups warm water, sugar, and yeast in small bowl. Let stand until mixture bubbles, about 10 minutes. Combine bread flour, 3/4 cup figs, rye flour, fennel seeds, and salt in large bowl of heavy-duty mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Mix using lowest speed; gradually add yeast mixture, ...

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