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Title: Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread
Categories: Breads, Copycat
Yield: 8 Loaves

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1 1/2 c Water; warm
2 tb Butter; softened
1/2 c Honey
2 c Bread flour
1 2/3 c Wheat flour
1 tb Cocoa
1 tb Granulated sugar
2 ts Instant coffee
1 ts Salt
2 1/4 ts Yeast (1 pkg)
Corn meal; for dusting

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1/4 c Water
75 dr Red food coloring
45 dr Blue food coloring
30 dr Yellow food coloring

Along with an entree at this popular steakhouse chain, comes a freshly
baked loaf of this dark, sweet bread, served on it's own cutting
board with soft whipped butter. One distinctive feature of the bread
is its color. How does the bread get so dark? While you may notice
the recipe includes instant coffee and cocoa, these ingredients will
not give it it's deep dark chocolate brown color--not even close.
Usually breads that are this dark--such as pumpernickel or dark bran
muffins--contain caramel color, an ingredient often used in the
industry to darken foods. Since your local supermarket will not
likely have this mostly commercial product, we will make the caramel
color from a mixture of three food colorings--red, yellow, and blue.
Just be sure to get the food coloring in the little droppers so that
you can count the drops as you measure. That's very important to
getting the color just right. You may also opt to keep the color out.
The bread will certainly taste the same, but will look nothing like
the real deal. I suggest using a bread machine for the mixing and
kneading, if you have one.

If using a bread machine, add all of the ingredients for the dough in
the exact order listed into the pan of your machine. Set it on
"knead" and when the machine begins to mix the dough, combine the
food coloring with 1/4 cup of water and drizzle it into the mixture
as it combines. After the dough is created let it rest to rise for 1
hour or so. Then remove it from the pan and skip the next paragraph.

If you are not using a bread machine, combine the flours, cocoa,
sugar, coffee, and salt in large bowl. Make a depression or "well" in
the middle of the dry mixture. Pour the warm water into this "well,"
then add the butter, honey and yeast. Combine the food coloring drops
with 1/4 cup water and add that to the "well." Slowly mix the
ingredients with a spoon, drawing the dry ingredients into the wet.
When you can handle the dough, begin to combine it by hand, kneading
the dough thoroughly for at least 10 minutes, until it is very smooth
and has a consistent color. Set the dough into a covered bowl in a
warm place for 1 hour, to allow it to rise.

When the dough has risen to about double in size, punch it down and
divide it into 8 even portions (divide dough in half, divide those
halves in half, and then once more). Form the portions into tubular
shaped loaves about 8" long and 2" wide. Sprinkle the entire surface
of the loaves with cornmeal and place them on a cookie sheet, or two.
Cover the cookie sheet(s) with plastic wrap and let the dough rise
once more for another hour in a warm location.

Preheat the oven to 350?F. Uncover the dough and bake it for 20 to 24
minutes in the hot oven. Loaves should begin to darken slightly on
top when done. Serve warm with a sharp bread knife and butter on the
side. If you want whipped butter, like you get at the restaurant,
just use an electric mixer on high speed to whip some butter until
it's fluffy.

Tidbits:

It is normal for this dough to be a bit tacky and to seem somewhat
thin. Just be sure to add plenty of flour to your hands and work
surface when working with the dough to prevent sticking.

If you are able to find caramel color, you can use that rather than
the food coloring formula described in the recipe. Just measure 1 tb
caramel color into the dough mixture where the recipe uses food
coloring and water.

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Steakhouse#253#040Honey#040Wheat#040Bushman#040Bread#253.txt>

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