Cheese Wine Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 envelope dry yeast
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup monterey jack cheese, grated (4 oz)

Recipe

• 1 in lg mixing bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups of the flour with the yeast.
• 2 in saucepan, heat wine, butter, sugar and salt until warm (115-120 degrees f), stirring constantly until butter almost melts.
• 3 add butter-wine mixture to dry mixture.
• 4 add eggs.
• 5 beat at low speed for 30 sec, scraping bowl constantly; beat 3 min at high speed.
• 6 by hand, stir in cheese and enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• 7 turn out onto lightly floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic.
• 8 place in lightly greased bowl, turning once.
• 9 cover and let rise until double (1-1/2 hr) punch down, cover& let rest 10 min.
• 10 shape into 8" round loaf.
• 11 place in greased 9" pie plate; cover and let rise in warm place until double, about 40 min.
• 12 bake in 375 oven about 40 min, covering w/foil after first 20 min.