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This is a really rustic bread which is wonderful! Instead of fennel you can use aniseed or any other spice suitable for bread. The measurements I use might be considered strange, but it was hard to convert from the Swedish system of measurement.

Ingredients
300 ml wholemeal flour
1 tbs ground fennel
25 g butter
300 ml boiling water
1 tbs black treacle
1 tbs salt
300 ml cold water
50 g yeast
1000 ml wheatflour (more might be needed)

Method
1. Put the wholemeal flour, the fennel and the butter in a bowl, and pour over the boiling water. Mix to a thick dough.

2. Add the treacle, the salt and the water. When it has cooled down a bit, add the yeast. Then, add the wheatflour until you have a firm dough.

3. Now, form the dough to one large, round bread and put it on an oven paper on a baking tray. Flatten the bread. Then, cut the edge of the bread with a pair of scissors or a knife (see the picture of the bread).

4. Ferment the dough for 20 minutes under a kitchen towel.

5. Bake in the oven, 250 degrees Celcius, for 20 minutes. Then, turn of the heat and leave the bread in the oven for another 15 minutes.