Crusty Home-style Bread Bowls (Bread Machine)

1 cup water

1 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2¾ cups bread flour

1½ tsp. bread machine yeast

1 egg yolk

1 Tbsp. water

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except egg yolk and 1 Tbsp. water in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

Select Dough/Manual cycle. Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface.

Grease outsides of six 10-ounce custard cups. Place cups upside down on an ungreased cookie sheet. Divide dough into 6 equal pieces. Pat or roll each piece into a 7-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Shape dough circles over outsides of cups. (Do not let dough curl under edges of cups.) Cover and let rise in warm place for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly puffy.

Heat oven to 375°F. Stir together egg yolk and 1 Tbsp. water; brush gently over bread bowls. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Carefully lift bread bowls from custard cups (bread and cups will be hot). Cool bread bowls upright on wire rack.