Bean Bread

Photo: flickr user stevendepolo

Ingredients

1 tablespoon active dry yeast preferably SAF Instant - not rapid-rise

cup yellow cornmeal

3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons chili powder

1 cup canned vegetarian refried beans

cup chile-infused olive oil or vegetable oil

1 lrg egg

1 tablespoon honey

cup water (approximately)

Preparation

Put all dough ingredients in machine and program for dough or manual. Start machine.

This is a moist dough, but should form a ball; if it doesn't, add up to 1/3 cup more water a little at a time. At end of last cycle, deflate dough, remove from machine and let rest on lightly floured surface for 5 minutes. (If you want to make a loaf from this dough, either allow it to finish the rising and baking cycles in the machine or shape the dough into a loaf, fit into a pan, and place in conventional oven preheated to 375F. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer plunged into its center reads 200F.)

See "Quitza" recipe for a topping suggestion.