May 2nd, 2008 by alice
Tags: Bread, Grilled, Olive
INGREDIENTS
- 1/3cuppitted black olives, sliced
- 3tablespoonsfresh parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2smallred onion, chopped
- 1/2teaspoongarlic, crushed
- 1/2teaspoonvegetable stock powder
- 1large frenchbreadstick
DIRECTIONS
- Place all ingredients, except bread stick, into your food processor or blender. Process until smooth.
- Cut bread stick into slices.
- Spread an even amount of paste over the top of each slice.
- Place under grill or broiler until lightly browned.
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April 29th, 2008 by alice
Tags: , Bran, Bread, Raisin
INGREDIENTS
- 2 1/4teaspoonsbread machine yeast
- 2cupsbread flour
- 1 1/2cupsRaisin Bran cereal, right from the box
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 1/4teaspoonbaking soda
- 1teaspooncinnamon
- 4tablespoonsbrown sugar, packed
- 2tablespoonsbutter
- 1cupwarm water(or cool if recommended by your machine)
- 1tablespoonwarm water(or cool if recommended by your machine)
DIRECTIONS
- Add all ingredients in the order recommended by your bread machine.
- The original recipe recommends the white bread setting.I used my whole wheat setting to warm the ingredients prior to mixing.
- Press “START”.
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April 17th, 2008 by alice
Tags: Bread, Italian
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (1/4 ounce)packageyeast
- 1cupwarm water
- 2cupswarm water
- 1tablespoonsalt
- 6cupsunbleached flour
- 2tablespoonsvegetable oil
- 1tablespoonbutter
DIRECTIONS
- Turn on oven light. Close oven door (this warm oven will proof your bread–do NOT turn on the oven!).
- Dissolve yeast in 1 Cup water. Let stand 5 minutes.
- Dissolve salt in 2 Cups water.
- Place 5 Cups flour in large bowl.
- Add liquids.Mix well.
- Add enough remaining flour to make a workable dough.
- Knead on lightly floured board for 10 minutes or till dough is smooth and elastic.
- Add oil to large, clean bowl.
- Tip bowl to oil bottom and sides.
- Place dough in bowl, then flip it, so oiled side is on top.
- Place bowl in lighted oven.
- Close door and allow dough to proof till double–about 1 hour.
- Remove from oven and place on lightly floured bread board.
- Punch down.
- Divide into 2 pieces.
- Roll into 2 oblong loaves.
- Grease a 10 x 15 (approx. size)cookie pan.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- Return to lighted oven to rise till double, about 30-45 minutes.
- Make 1 long slash about 1″ deep and almost the entire length of each loaf.
- Bake at 375 degrees 50-60 minutes, till loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
- Remove from oven and butter tops generously, using 1 T. butter.
- Allow to cool on wire rack.
- These freeze well for up to 2 weeks.
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April 8th, 2008 by alice
Tags: Bread, Grain, Multi
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/4cupsmulti-grain hot cereal
- 1 1/2cupsboiling water
- 1cupcold water
- 5tablespoonshoney
- 4tablespoonsbutter
- 1 (1/4 ounce)packageyeast
- 3cupsflour
- 1 1/2cupswhole wheat flour
- 1/3cupflax seeds
- 1/3cupsalted sunflower seeds
- 1/2cup choppedpecans
- 1tablespoonsalt
- 2tablespoonsvegetable oil
DIRECTIONS
- In a large bowl, combine 7-grain hot cereal mix, 1 1/2 Celsius boiling water, 5 T. honey-4 T. butter, salt.
- Stir. Cover (I use a dinner plate).
- Let stand 1 hour.
- Remove cover.
- Add 1 Celsius cool water.
- Stir to combine all ingredients.
- Add yeast.
- Stir to dissolve yeast.
- Continue stirring to combine ingredients well; or use large mixer to mix well.
- Mix just until combined.
- Mix flours together in separate bowl.
- Attach dough hook to mixer.
- Start on low speed.
- Add flours to cereal mixture, one cup at a time.
- Add flax, sunflower seeds, and nuts.
- Continue mixing till dough cleans the sides of the mixing bowl.
- (You may have to add a bit more flour).
- Remove from mixer and place on floured bread board.
- Knead 5 minutes.
- Clean mixer bowl.
- Add 2 T. vegetable oil to clean bowl, tipping so that oil covers the bottom and part-way up the sides of the bowl.
- Place dough in bowl, then flip it over so that oiled side is on top.
- Turn on your oven light (this provides the warmth to proof your dough.
- Place bowl in the oven.
- Close the door.
- Let rise till double (about 1 hour).
- Remove from oven (leave the light on and re-close the door).
- Place on floured bread board.
- Separate in two pieces.
- Knead each piece 5 minutes.
- Form each into a cylinder, to fit the loaf pan.
- Oil 2 loaf pans.
- Place dough in loaf pans.
- Return to oven.
- Close door.
- Leave the light on.
- Let rise 1 hour or till dough mounds above the top of the pans.
- Bake 35-40 minutes at 375 degrees.
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April 8th, 2008 by alice
Tags: Banana, Bread, Fabulous
INGREDIENTS
- 3medium very ripebananas
- 1cupsugar
- 3teaspoonsbaking soda
- 1dashsalt
- 2eggs
- 1/4cupvegetable oil
- 1 1/2cupsflour
- 1/2cupbuttermilk
DIRECTIONS
- Puree bananas for 15-20 seconds in a food processor.
- Add sugar, soda and salt.
- Process for 20 seconds.
- Add eggs and oil;blend.
- Add flour, process for 20 seconds.
- Add buttermilk and process until smooth.
- Spray a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Pour in batter.
- Bake in the middle of the oven a 275 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until done, (long baking time at low temp is correct).
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