Nature's Own Dinner Bread

Submitted by: Amber Moeller

Makes: 4 round loaves

• 3-3/4 - 4-1/4 c. unsifted white flour
• 1/2 c. cornmeal
• 1/2 unsifted rye flour
• 3/4 c. milk
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 4 t. salt
• 1/4 c. margarine
• 1-1/2 warm water
• 2 pkg. yeast
• 1 c. wheat germ
• (1 egg white slightly beaten with 1 T. water)

Combine 2 c. white flour, 1/2 c. cornmeal, wheat and rye flours. Set aside. Scald milk; stir in sugar, salt, and margarine, cool to lukewarm. Put warm water in a warm large bowl. Dissolve yeast in it. Add lukewarm milk and flour mixtures, beat until smooth. Add wheat germ and enough additional white flour to make a stiff dough. Knead for 8-10 min. Place in greased bowl, turn over and let rise (1 hour and 15 minutes). Punch down, divide into 4 balls on greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cornmeal and let rise until double.

Bake in a preheated 400ºF oven for 10 minutes then brush tops with egg white and water mixture and return to oven to bake until done (above 5 more minutes).

Serve hot with butter and jam.

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