French Onion Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups warm water
1 (1/4 ounce) packet dry active yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package French onion soup mix
1 teaspoon salt
egg wash
1 egg
1 tablespoon water

Preparation

Add Sugar and Yeast to one of the cups of Warm Water. Stir gently and set aside for five minutes, allowing yeast to get foamy and bubbly.
In a large bowl, combine Flour, Soup Mix, Salt, and mix together to combine.
Make a well in the center of the flour and add Yeast mixture, the other cup of Warm Water, and Olive Oil. Bring together with hands until dough begins to form.
Turn out dough onto floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover with saran wrap, and set a side to rest for an hour and a half or until doubled in size.
When dough has rested, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Remove dough from bowl and work into desired shape. Place on baking sheet, cover, and let rest for another 45 minutes to an hour.
Uncover dough and brush top with egg wash. Put in oven.
Let loaf bake at 400 degrees for the first 15 minutes, then turn down oven to 350 degrees for the last fifteen minutes.
Remove bread and let cool on rack before eating.