Herbed French Bread

• 1/4 cup Butter or Margarine
• 2 tblsp Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
• 1 Garlic Clove, minced (or garllic powder to taste)
• 3 tblsp grated Parmesean Cheese
• 2 tblsp chopped fresh Chives (1 tsp drive chives)
• 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
• 1 loaf French Bread, cut into 1/2 inch slices

Melt butter in saucepan, add oil and garlic, saute until garlic is tender.  Remove from heat, stir in parmesean cheese, chives and mustard.  Cool for 5 minutes or until creamy.  Spread on one side of each slice of bread slices.  Place with buttered side up on an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake at 400 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes (or broil 2 – 3 minutes) until lightly browned.         Note:  If you made my previous recipe of French Bread, you could use this to make this recipe!!   Very good.

French Bread

Dough:  (I use my bread machine to mix the dough)

• 1 1/4 cups water  (85 – 105 degrees)
• 1 tblsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Salt
• 3 1/2 cust Bread or all purpose flour
• 1 tblsp Rapid/Quick yeast

Glaze:

• 2 tblsp Water
• 1/2 tsp Salt

Mix dough ingredients in bread machine.    Select dough program.  When dough program is done, remove from pan and place in greased bowl, turning to coat evenly.  Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rest for 25 minutes.  Punch dough down.  On lightly floured surface, roll dough into large rectangle.  Starting with longest side, roll dough up lightly, pressing seams to seal and tapering each end slightly.  Place dough on greased cookie sheet.  Cover loosely with plastic wrap.  Let rise for 40 minutes.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  with small sharp knife, cut 3 to 4 diagonal slashes across top of loaf.  Combine glaze ingredients in small bowl.  Brush loaf generously with glaze.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes until deep golden brown.  Cool.   This is a very tasty loaf….we love it!