Sesame-Anise Bread

• 1 pound prepared pizza dough, at room temperature, torn into pieces
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the parchment paper
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon anise seeds
• 1 tablespoon orange-flower water (or 1/4 teaspoon each grated lemon zest and orange zest)

1. Combine the pizza dough, olive oil, melted butter, sugar, sesame seeds, anise seeds and orange-flower water in a food processor; pulse until the ingredients are incorporated and the dough gathers around the blade.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly oil the parchment.
3. Form the dough into a ball and pat into a 6-inch disk on the parchment.
4. Cover with a large bowl; let rise in a warm place until airy and spread into a flat round, 1 hour, 30 minutes to 2 hours.
5. Put an upside-down baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Remove the bowl from the dough; put the baking sheet with the dough on the hot baking sheet in the oven and bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
6. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F and continue baking until the bread sounds hollow when tapped, 15 to 20 more minutes.
7. Let cool slightly before slicing.
8. Photograph by Christina Holmes

pizza, extravirgin olive oil, unsalted butter, sugar, sesame seeds, anise seeds, orangeflower water

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/sesame-anise-bread-recipe.html (may not work)