Recipe - To Bake Frozen Dough In Clay Cooker

2 tablespoon Melted butter
1 Loaf frozen bread dough;
(one pound)

Brush sides and bottom of loafshaped, 5 One half cup clay cooker with half the
butter. Place frozen dough, bottom side up, in cooker. Brush dough with
remaining butter.

Let stand, covered with wax paper, in warm place until dough rises nearly
to the top of cooker, 1 to 3 hours.

To Bake: Soak top of cooker in water 15 min. and drain. Place covered
cooker in cold oven. Set oven temp. at 450 degrees and bake until brown,
about 40 45 minutes.

Remove from cooker and cool on a rack. (This bread rises high and gives a
wonderful crust.)

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by Cairn Rodrigues cairnann@yahoo.com on Apr
18, 1998