| STOLLEN (Christmas Tea Ring) |
Ingredients:
1/2 cup warm water
2 pkg. active dry yeast
3/4 cup lukewarm milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
4 1/2 to 5 cups flour
1 cup walnuts
Cooking Instructions:
Soak yeast in warm water for 5 minutes. Pour lukewarm milk
over sugar and salt in bowl.
Beat in shortening, eggs and softened yeast. Beat in 1 cup
flour. Add remaining flour to
make a soft dough. When dough leaves sides of bowl, turn out
onto lightly floured board.
Knead until dough becomes smooth and elastic. Place in lightly
greased bowl. Grease top of
dough and cover with waxed paper. Allow to rise in warm place
(80 - 85 degrees) until
doubled in bulk (1 - 1 1/2 hours). Divide dough into two
portions. Roll each into a 7 X 16
inch oblong. Spread with soft butter, sprinkle with sugar,
cinnamon and nuts. Roll up as for
cinnamon rolls. Start with long side, seal edges, place sealed
edge down in circle on greased
baking sheet. Seal edges together. Cut 2/3 of way into ring at
1 inch intervals. Let rise until
doubled (35 - 40 minutes). Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 - 25
minutes. Frost.
Ingredients:
7 ounces water (1 cup less 2 Tablespoons)
1/4 cup Honey
1 tablespoon Butter
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
2 teaspoons Caraway Seed 1/2 teaspoon orange peel, grated
1 cup Rye Flour
1 1/2 cups Bread Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast
Cooking Instructions:
Mix yeast with warmed water (110 degrees) to activate. Mix all
ingredients with mixer
bread hook until dough forms ball, or hand knead until dough
forms consistent ball.
Place in standard bread pan, cover moist towel and let rise
until bread doubles in size.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until bread forms crust
and pulls away from sides of pan.
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking power
1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon buttermilk
Cooking Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with
parchment or wax paper.
2. In a bowl combine the dry ingredients and blend thoroughly.
Cream in the butter with your
fingers or a fork, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add the buttermilk a little at a time
and, using your hands or a fork, work it in just until it's
thoroughly incorporated and you have a
smooth ball of dough. Don't overwork or overhandle the dough.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough with a
rolling pin to a circle about 7 inches in
diameter, 1/2 inch thick. Using a small round cookie cutter or
the rim of a shot glass, press out
12 one-inch rounds. If you like, you can reroll the leftover
dough to make more, but the texture
of these will be denser than the others.
4. Place the dough rounds on the baking sheet and bake until
golden on top and brown on the
bottom, for about 15 minutes.
Serving Suggestions:
Serve warm.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk
Cooking Instructions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and
salt; cut in shortening until
the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk; knead
dough gently. Roll out to
1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2 inch biscuit cutter and
place on a lightly greased baking
sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden
brown.
| POPPY SEED BREAKFAST BREAD |
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 eggs (whole)
1 1/8 cups cooking oil
2 1/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons almond flavoring
1 1/2 teaspoons butter flavoring
1 1/2 Tablespoons poppy seed
1 1/2 cups milk
Cooking Instructions:
Mix all ingredients for 2 minutes. Lightly grease 2 bread load
pans. Bake for 1 hour in preheated
350 degree oven. The top will crack; toothpick will come out
clean. Frost with POPPY SEED BREAD
Frosting (recipe in Frosting section) when warm in the pan.
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