Preparation: Havarti Bread

At the request of my dear cousin, I'll be making a cheese bread this week. Checking out the cheese selection at my local Schnucks, I picked up what appears to be a traditional havarti cheese. I haven't tasted this particular cheese before and I'm unfamiliar with havarti in general... so I am expecting an adventure! Additionally, this marks my first attempt at a bread with cheese... so here's hoping I make good choices (however uninformed they may be).

The plan:

• 1.5 cups of water
• 1 large tsp of salt
• 1 Tbs olive oil

• 1 cup wheat flour
• 4+? cups bread flour (however much it takes to get the dough to form into a ball and pull away from the sides of the mixer bowl - I don't keep track)
• 2 tsp yeast
  

I'll combine the ingredients in the typical bread fashion, allowing it to sit and rise for about an hour after mixing. I plan on shaping the bread into two or three loaves and working the cheese in during this step. As I work the bread, I'll stretch it out into a long rectangle, sprinkle about 1/4 cup of cheese on it, and then tri-fold. After doing that two or three times, I'll let the bread sit to rise for another hour.

I think the bread will cook at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes... but I may decide to change this up a bit (I always feel like I'm guessing... anyone have good rules for this?). About 5 minutes before I expect the bread to be done, I'll sprinkle more cheese on top of the loaves.

Sounds good to me! As a bonus, I can serve the rest of the havarti along with some apple slices as an appetizer while waiting for the bread.