Side Dish
Sausage and Cheese Bread

This recipe was featured on "You're the Chef" episode #712. Buy this episode from WVIA.

Yield: one loaf

Ingredients:

1/2 each	dough from Lean Italian Bread recipe (or combine equal amount of dough from the Lean Italian Bread and the Rich-Egg Bread recipe.)
1 c.	sausage, cooked, or Canadian bacon, chopped
2 c.	cheddar cheese, shredded
1/3 c.	egg wash

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Procedure:
After the bread is mixed and punched down, chop it into pieces on a cutting board.

Dump the bacon, cheese, chives and egg wash over the bread and mix together with your hands or a bench knife until the pieces of bread are coated with the other ingredients.

Place into a greased loaf pan and allow the bread to double in size.

Bake the loaves at 325° for about 40 minutes or until the bread is hollow when tapped.