Almond Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Milk
• 1 Egg
• 3 tbsp Unsalted butter
• 8oz. can almond paste
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp Dark brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp    Salt to taste
• 2 tsp dry yeast

FOR GLAZE:

• 1 tsp    Dark corn syrup
• 1 tsp    Warm water
• Recipe requires a Bread Machine

Method:

1. Pour the milk into the baking pan of your bread machine and break in the egg.
2. If the butter is not soft, cut it into small chunks to ensure its blending into the dough, and then add it to the liquids.
3. Next add the almond paste, so it will blend better too.
4. Measure in the flour, brown sugar, and salt, and add the yeast.
5. You can use your machine's full cycle with this bread, but the quick cycle is better.
6. If a light color setting is available, use it as well.
7. As soon as the bread has finished baking, remove it from the machine, closing the cover again, and ease the loaf from the pan.
8. Combine the corn syrup and warm water and brush the top of the loaf with this mixture, using a pastry brush.
9. Sprinkle the slivered almonds over the glaze, put the bread gently back in its pan, and return it to the electronic oven for a few minutes to dry the glaze a bit.