Sunflower Bread

 Loaves proofing.

I made nine of these sunflower-shaped Semolina Bread with Apricots and Sage loaves yesterday.  The recipe is from the original Amy's Bread, by Amy Scherber and Toy Kim Dupree.  The fresh sage in my garden was getting out of hand and this was a delicious way to use some of it up.  It made the house smell like Thanksgiving while they were baking, as sage is a key ingredient in my cornbread dressing.

The finished loaves.

The sage and dried apricots make an unusual and very tasty combination.  Every time my husband walked through the kitchen last night, he would pull another "leaf" off the loaf on the counter and pop it into his mouth.