Italian Anise Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups Plain flour

1 tsp Sugar

1 tsp Salt

1 tbsp Instant yeast

2 tsp Anise seeds

2 tsp Dried oregano (optional)

1 tsp Dried mint (optional)

1 ½ cups Warm water

2 tbsp Olive oil

Save for later:

1 tbsp Flour to sprinkle on dough before baking

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400°F or 210°C.

Mix cups of flour with all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Save tbsp of flour for later.

Add warm water and olive oil and mix with wooden spoon. Dough should stay a bit sticky.

Remove dough from bowl and shape into a circle and sprinkle with remaining flour.

Place dough into any baking tray you have lying around in your kitchen and cover with a kitchen cloth.

Let dough rise and double in size. About 45 minutes.*

Let's bake it:

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown from the outside.