Pita Bread Technique

Ingrients & Directions Flour Water Yeast For pita bread just use any ordinary flour, water, yeast, salt bread recipe of your choice. There is no magic recipe. Do the dough in the usual way, let it rise once. Punch it down and do a superficial kneading. Then divide the dough into lumps – the size […]

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Stuffed Bread

Ingrients & Directions 1 Onion; chopped 1 Red bell pepper; chopped 1 lg Ripe tomato; seeded, chopped 1 lg Clove garlic; minced (i use 1/4 c Vegetable oil; (i use olive) Salt to taste 1/2 ts Ground cumin, dried oregano 1 Frozen bread dough, thawed 2 c Shredded monterey jack chees 1 Egg; beaten, for […]

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Pita Bread Tips

Ingrients & Directions —— Years ago, a friend taught me a trick for making pita breads inflate. After you have let the dough rise, punched it down, and shaped it into individual pitas (rolled thin), you place the pitas on a clean kitchen towel to sit for 30 minutes (covered with another towel). Then you […]

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Dilled Cheddar Cheese Batter Bread

Ingrients & Directions 3/4 c Milk 1 1/2 tb Dill seeds, coarsely chopped 1 tb Honey 1/4 c Canola oil 3 Eggs, room temperature, – beaten to blend 2 1/2 c Whole wheat flour 1 pk Dry yeast 1 1/2 ts Salt 3 1/2 c Packed grated sharp – Tillamook, cheddar cheese 3 tb Chopped […]

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Stuffed Pumpkins With Herbs And Bread Crumbs

Ingrients & Directions 4 Pumpkins, miniature (about -4 to 5 inches in diameter) 2 c Bread, rye or whole wheat; -cubed 1/2 c Carrots; thinly sliced 1 c Onion; diced 1/2 c Vegetable broth 1/2 c Celery; diced 1 ts Oregano; dried 1/2 ts Black pepper; ground 1/4 c Parsley, fresh; minced 1 ts Olive […]

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Pita Breads

Ingrients & Directions 1 c Wrist-temperature water 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast; -(half 1/4 oz packet) 1 tb Sugar or honey 1 ts Salt 3 1/2 c Flour; see note Note: 1 cu can be whole wheat This makes twelve small or 6 large pitas. Sprinkle yeast into water and wait til foamy. Add […]

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Bara Brith (speckled Bread)

Ingrients & Directions 6 oz Dried fruit 8 oz Dark brown sugar 1/2 pt Strong hot tea 10 oz Self-raising flour 1 Egg This is Wales’ traditional rich fruit bread. South Wales makes it with baking powder; Northerners prefer yeast as the raising agent. Either way it’s delicious. Soak the dried fruit and sugar overnight […]

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Stuffed Shortbread

Ingrients & Directions 3/4 c Butter; softened 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 2 c Flour 1 c Macadamia nuts; chopped fine -PLUS 1/3 c Macadamia nuts; chopped 12 oz Cream cheese; softened 2 lg Island eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 1/2 c Apricot preserves; or orange -marmalade Preheat oven to 350. Butter a […]

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Lincolnshire Plum Bread

Ingrients & Directions 1 lb Strong white bread flour 1/4 oz Easy-blend yeast 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1 ts Ground allspice 4 tb Sugar 1 pn Salt 2 Eggs; lightly beaten 1/4 lb Butter; melted 8 tb Milk; warm 1/2 lb Prunes; cut into – sultana-size pieces 2 oz Currants 2 oz Sultanas Using a […]

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