Daring Bakers March - Dutch Crunch Bread

Another month.. another Daring Baker's challenge!
This month, it was bread related again.  I recently got handed down an unused bread machine, which I'm loving.  And, in approximately 3 more hours, it will have made me a loaf of raisin bread! 
Yummo! 


But, back to the challenge.  So this month, we had to make Dutch Crunch Bread.  I've vaguely heard of it before, but never tasted it.  


Essentially its a normal loaf of bread or a roll, with a rice flour coating on top.  This is spread on the surface prior to baking, and then gives a crackly, crunch, tiger / giraffe looking like texture at the top.  


Taste wise.. its bread, so nothing different there.  But, I'm not sure if I hadn't set it properly prior to putting them in the oven, but my crackles looked a little funky. 


I used the recipe that they suggested from Baking Bites, as I'm still hesitant to stray away from suggested recipes. I'm too chicken for that.  


Anyway.. here are the results:

Well .. what do you think? 
Or maybe I just burnt them. Anyway, another month is coming around the corner. 


xoxo
Mich