Buckwheat Potato Bread With Chile Honey

This is very similar in taste to whole wheat bread, so if you like wheat bread, you're sure to enjoy this. Make this easily in your bread machine. The chile honey is sweet, and lightly spicy, perfect for bringing out the flavors of the bread.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 25 mins
• Yields: 1 one pound loaf

Ingredients

• For the Bread

• 1⁄2 cup buckwheat flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups bread flour
• 3  tablespoons bread flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1⁄2 cup  mashed cooked sweet potato
• 2⁄3 cup  warm buttermilk (not hot)
• 1⁄4 cup  minced fresh chives
• 1  tablespoon butter, softened
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 1  tablespoon  minced fresh sage
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

• For the Chile Honey

• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1  teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1  pinch salt

Directions

1. Note: do not use cold ingredients in this recipe.
2. Place ingredients into your bread machine in the order suggested by your manufacturer.
3. Operate machine on the regular, normal, or medium cycle (whichever your machine has).
4. To prepare chile honey, heat honey, chili powder, cayenne and salt in a small saucepan.
5. Stir for several minutes or until honey just starts to foam, then remove from heat.
6. Stored cooled honey in an airtight container.
7. Serve honey spread on slices of buckwheat potato bread, if desired.