Fırında Hazırlanan patatesli köfte tarifi
Fırında patatesli köfte malzemeler:
Fırında Hazırlanan patatesli köfte tarifi
Yarım kilo kıyma
1 kilo patates
2 kuru soğan
1 demet maydanoz
1 adet yumurta
1 çay kaşığı kadar kimyon
1 çay kaşığı kadar karabiber
1 çay kaşığı kadar tuz
1 çay kaşığı kadar pul biber
125 gram margarin
1 yemek kaşığı kadar salça
1 adet domates
Fırında patatesli köfte yapılışı:
En baştan patatesleri soyarak kızartmalık olacak şekilde dilimleyin ve kızgın yağda kızartın. Kıymayı bir kaba koyun. Soğanı rendeleyip maydanozu doğrayın ve bütün baharatlar ile karıştırın iyice karıştırıp yoğurun. köfteleri dilimlediğiniz patateslerin boyutunda yuvarlayın. Fırın tepsisine kızarmış patatesleri koyup yuvarlamış olduğunuz köfteleri de dizin sonra bir tava içerisine margarini koyup eritin ve domatesleri rendeleyip salçayı ekleyin bu karışımı az kavurun sonra sosun üzerine 1 su bardağı su ekleyin karıştırın patates ve köftenin üzerine dökün. Önceden ısıtılmış fırında köfteler pişince ye kadar pişirin Fırında patatesli köfte piştikten sonra soğumadan servis yapın
2 Aralık 2013 Pazartesi
Fırında Hazırlanan patatesli köfte tarifi
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye ve Malzemeleri
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye ve Malzemeleri
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye malzemeler:
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye ve Malzemeleri
1 kg yeşil fasulye
5 yumurta
2 yemek kaşığı kadar tereyağı
1 tatlı kaşığı kırmızı pul biber
1 tatlı kaşığı tuz
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye tarifi hazırlanışı
Yumurtalı yeşil fasulye yapılışı: En baştan fasulyelerin başlarındaki saplarını ayıklayın sonrada yan yan kesin daha sonra düdüklü tencereye koyun üstü basa su koyun tuz atın ocağa koyun 15 dakika kadar haşlamaya bırakın haşlama işleminden sonra suyunu süzdürdüğünüz fasülyeyi bir tava içerisinde yağı eritin fasulyeyi ekleyin iyice kavurun baharatı ve tuzu ekleyin ara sıra karıştırarak kavurun daha sonra bir kase içine beş yumurta kırın ve iyice çırpın ve kavrulan fasulyenin içerisine karıştırın tavanın kapağını kapatın ve yumurtaların pişmesiniz bekleyin arada sırada sıkca karıştırınız. Sonra servis yapacağını bir tabağa alın yumurtalı fasülyeniz hazırlanmıştır.
Patlıcan kavurma Tarifi malzemeler
Patlıcan kavurma Tarifi malzemeler
Patlıcan kavurma Tarifi malzemeler:
Patlıcan kavurma Tarifi malzemeler
4 adet patlıcan
2 adet domates
8 adet yeşilbiber
5 diş sarımsak
1 fincan sıvıyağı
1 tatlı kaşığı tuz
Patlıcan kavurma hazırlanışı:
Patlıcan kavurma yapılışı: En baştan patlıcanların kabuklarının dört bir yanını soyun. Ve çok minik bir biçimde doğrayın. Biberleri, sarımsakları ve domatesin kabuklarını soyun doğrayın domates hariç diğer malzemeleri yağıda ekleyin bir tencere koyun arada sırada karıştırarak kavurun. Piştikten sonra domates ve tuzu ekleyin. Tencerenin ağzını kapatın domatesler iyice ezilinceye kadar kısık ateşte pişirin. Patlıcan kavurma piştikten sonra ılık olaraktan servis hazırlayabilirsiniz.
Tencere Kebabı Tarifi Malzemeleri
Tencere Kebabı Tarifi Malzemeleri
Tencere kebabı malzemeleri
Tencere Kebabı Tarifi Malzemeleri
500 gram dana kuşbaşı
3 Adet kuru soğan
1 yemek kaşığı kadar domates salçası
2 çay kaşığı kadar tuz
1 çay kaşığı kadar karabiber
2 yemek kaşığı kadar tereyağı
Tencere kebabı Tarifi yapılışı:
500 gram dana etini kuşbaşı olaraktan doğrayınız. Eti doğranmış soğanı ve tereyağını bir tencereye koyunuz, orta dereceli ateşte soğanlar sararıncaya kadar ve etlerde kendi suyunu bırakıp yenidendan suyunu çekince inceye kadar kavurunuz. Ve sonra sulandırılmış salçayı Ekleyip az karıştırın Tencere kebabı içine malzemelerimizin üzerine çıkıncaya kadar su ilavesi yapıp Tencere kebabını orta dereceli ateşte pişirin. Sıcak olaraktan servis ediniz.
İtalyan Usulü Pizza Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
İtalyan Usulü Pizza Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
Malzemeler
İtalyan Usulü Pizza Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
(4-6 kişilik):
Hamurun Malzemeleri:
20 gr. yaş maya,
200 gr. (bir su bardağı) ılık su,
250 gr. elenmiş un
1/4 su bardağı zeytinyağı,
1 çay kaşığı tuz.
Garnitürün Malzemeleri:
300 gr. soğan, (piyaz doğranmış),
2 çay kaşığı tuz,
50 gr. siyah zeytin,
karabiber,
1 avuç dolusu kaşer peyniri rendesi,
1 tutam mercanköşk (toz halinde istenirse),
5-6 yaprak fesleğen (olmasada olur)
Hazırlanışı:
Hamuru hazırlama: Mayayı ılık suyun içine atıp karıştırdıktan sonra bir kenara bırakın.
Unu tezgahın üzerine tepeleme yayıp, ortasını havuz gibi açınız. Zeytin yağını ve mayalı suyu boşaltarak unu yedirerek hamuru parmaklarınızın ucu ile işleyiniz.
Hamuru iki elinizin içiyle geri ileri ite ceke yoğrulmasını sağlayınız.Hamurun yapışmasını göz önünde bulundurarak yapışmaması için un serpiniz. 10-15 dakika arası elinize tezgaha yapışmayacak hale gelince top haline getirip unlanmış bir kaba koyup nemli bir bez örterek muhafaza ediniz.gözle hissedilir şekilde hamur kabarıncaya kadar 1-2 saat bekleyiniz.
Ellerinizi unlayıp hamuru, üstüne ellerinizin içiyle vurarak, açın. Açma işlemini bir oklava ile tamamlayıp, 0,5 cm. kalınlığında yuvarlak pizza hamurunu hazırlayın. Hamuru kenarlarından çekiştirerek (böylece hamurun orta kısmı daha ince olacaktır) yağlanmış bir tepsiye yerleştirin. Üstüne zeytin yağını fırça yardımıyla sürün
Garnitürü için önce soğanı bir kaba alıp üzerine iki çay kaşığı tuz serptikten sonra bir kenarda otuz dakika bekletin. Soğanları yıkayıp tuzunu akıtın. Soğanları yağlanmış pizza hamurunun üzerine, kenarlarda 2 cm. boşluk kalacak biçimde, döşeyin. Soğanların üzerine zeytinleri yerleştirdikten sonra biberi ekleyin. Bunun da üzerine sırasıyla kaşer peyniri rendesini, dilerseniz mercanköşkü ve zeytinyağına batırılmış fesleğen yapraklarını döşeyin. Pizzayı alüminyum kağıtla örtüp, ılık bir yerde otuz dakika arası dinlenmeye bırakın. Önceden ısıtılmış sıcak fırında, üzerindeki alüminyum kağıdı alıp otuz dakika pişirdikten sonra servis edin.yemekyemektarifi.com Afiyetler diler.
Pastırmalı Soğanlı Pizza Hazırlanışı
Pastırmalı Soğanlı Pizza Hazırlanışı
Pastırmalı Soğanlı Pizza Hazırlanışı
Pastırmalı Soğanlı Pizza Hazırlanışı
Pastırmalı tarifimiz için 100 gr pastrma gerekmektedir. Karar sizin isterseniz suçukta kullanabilirsiniz.
Pizza Hamur için malzeme
3 su bardağı un
Yarım paket margarin
1 yumurta
1 çay bardağı süt
3 çorba kaşığı yoğurt
1 çay kaşığı kabartma tozu
1 çay kaşığı tuz
1 çay kaşığı kekik
Üs Malzemesi:
3 kırmızı soğan
100 gr pastırma
1 su bardağı rendelenmiş taze kaşar peyniri
3 çorba kaşığı zeytinyağı
Tuz
Karabiber
Oda ısısında bekletilen margarini derin bir kaseye alın. Yumurta, süt, yoğurt, kabartma tozu ve tuzu ilave edin. Unu ekleyip yumuşaklığı kulak memesi kıvamına göre hamur hazırlayın. Top şeklinde kapatıp derin bir kaba alın ve üzerine bıçakla artı işareti çizin. Un serpip nemli bezle örtüp ve 15 dakika kadar bekletin.
3 kaşık zeytinyağını tavada kızdırın. Soğanları piyazlık gibi doğrayıp sote edin. Yarım bardak sıcak su ekleyerek kapağı kapalı olarak 10 dakika pişirin. Gerekirse biraz daha su ilave edebilirsiniz. Tuz ve karabiber serpip harmanlayın. Ayrı birtabağa kevgirle alarak soğmasını bekleyin. Pastırmaların çemenlerini ayırıp ince şeritler halinde doğrayın. Dil peynirini minik küpler halinde kıyın.
Hamuru merdane ile 1 santim kalınlığında açın. Fırın tepsisini yağlayıp hamuru yayın. Üzerine kekik serpip sırasıyla soğanları, pastırma şeritlerini ve peyniri ilave edin. Önceden ısıtılmış 200 dereceye ayarlı fırında 15 dakika pişirin. Dilimleyip ılık olarak servis yapın. Resmimiz temsilidir.yemekyemektarifi.com Afiyetler diler.
Fırında Fasulye Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
Fırında Fasulye Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
Fırında Fasulye Tarifi Ve Malzemeleri
2 Temmuz 2013 Salı
Un Çorbası Tarifi
1 yemek kaşığı tereyağı
yarım çay bardağı sıvı yağ
2 yemek kaşığı un
5 bardak su
1 çay bardağı süt
1 tutam dereotu
tuz
Tereyağı ve sıvı yağ tencereye koyup üzerine un ilave edip karıştırın. Hafif kavrulduktan sonra üzerine bir çay bardağı süt ilave edin. Tekrar az miktarda kavurduktan sonra, beş bardak su ilave edin. Kaynayıncaya kadar karıştırın. 5 dakika sonra ocaktan alın. Ocaktan aldıktan sonra isteğinize göre tuz ve dereotu ilave ediebilirsiniz. Afiyet olsun.
25 Şubat 2013 Pazartesi
Lemongrass Chicken Recipes
Oven-baked Chicken Thighs
Chicken can be cooked in different ways using a combination of ingredients. One of the best ways to cook chicken thighs is by baking or barbecuing them. This method of cooking ensures that the meat is thoroughly cooked, and also enhances the flavor of the ingredients added to the chicken. Baked chicken thighs make an excellent appetizer before any meal.Oven-baked Chicken Thighs Recipe – Teriyaki StyleIngredients Required
Chicken thighs, without skin, 12
Garlic cloves, finely minced, 5 to 6
Rice wine vinegar, ¼ cup
Cold water, ¼ cup
Cornstarch, 2 tablespoons
Soy sauce, ½ cup
White sugar, ¼ cup
Freshly ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Instructions for Cooking
Take a medium-sized saucepan and mix the cornstarch, soy sauce, vinegar, minced garlic, sugar, freshly ground black pepper and cold water. Allow the mixture to simmer on low heat, while stirring it constantly to avoid formation of lumps. Keep cooking till the sauce becomes thick and begins to bubble. Remove the pan from the heat and coat the chicken thighs in the sauce. Transfer the coated drumsticks to a well greased baking dish. Pour the extra sauce over the chicken and bake it in a preheated oven at 425 ºF for about 45 minutes.Oven-baked Chicken Thighs and Rice CasseroleIngredients Required
Chicken thighs, without skin, 2½ pounds
Medium or long grain white rice, raw, 1½ cup
Medium-sized onion, chopped, 1
Sour cream, ½ cup
Button mushrooms. Sliced, ½ pound
Garlic cloves, minced, 4 to 5
Olive oil, 5 tablespoons
Italian or poultry seasoning, 1 teaspoon
Fresh cream, ¼ cup
Chicken stock, 1½ cups
Dry sherry or white wine, ¼ cup
Fresh herbs (basil, rosemary, sage and thyme), finely chopped, 2 tablespoons
Fresh parsley, for garnish, chopped, 2 tablespoons
Freshly ground black pepper, 1½ teaspoons
Paprika, ½ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Instructions for Cooking
Take a medium-sized saucepan and heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil has become hot, place the chicken thighs and cook for about a couple of minutes till they are evenly brown on all sides. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. If you find that the chicken is sticking to the pan, add a few more tablespoons of olive oil. Once the thighs are cooked, remove them from the pan and place them in a bowl. In the same saucepan, saute the onions till they become translucent. Now add the minced garlic and cook till you get the aroma. Transfer the sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook till they become light brown. Pour the dry white wine or sherry (as per your preference) to remove any scraps stuck to the pan. Increase the heat and allow the sherry to simmer till it is reduced to half. Add the chicken stock and continue cooking for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add the rice along with the fresh and sour cream and stir to combine the ingredients together. Place the pan on the heat, and mix the freshly chopped herbs, paprika and the seasoning. Cook for a minute and remove the pan from the heat. In a casserole dish, make a layer of the rice and chicken, and cover it with an aluminum foil. Bake this in a preheated oven at 375 ºF for about 45 minutes, till all the liquid evaporates and the rice is done. Garnish it with chopped parsley and enjoy it hot.Oven-baked Chicken Thighs and Drumsticks RecipeIngredients Required
Large chicken drumsticks, 6 to 7 (approximately 1½ pounds)
Dry bread crumbs, 1 cup
Green onion or chives, finely chopped, ¼ cup
Olive oil, 5 tablespoons
Dijon or whole grain mustard, ¼ cup
Mayonnaise, ¼ cup
Freshly ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon
Worcestershire sauce, 2 teaspoons
Salt to taste
Instructions for Cooking
For making this chicken drumstick recipe, take a medium-sized bowl and combine the mustard, Worcestershire sauce and mayonnaise. In a different bowl, mix the minced chives and bread crumbs together. Season the chicken drumsticks with salt and pepper and coat them with the mayonnaise mixture. Place them in the bread crumbs and chives mixture and apply an even coat on the chicken thighs. Grease a roasting pan with olive oil and place the prepared chicken drumsticks on it. Bake this in a preheated oven at 425 ºF for about 30 minutes till the meat is cooked and the juices run clear. This chicken dish can also be enjoyed as an evening snack.
You can also try different variations of baked drumstick recipes, using your own ingredients, and serve them at a party or enjoy them with your family. Bon Appetit!
Oven-baked Chicken Thighs
Calories in Baked Chicken Wings
Tons of people indulge in deep-frying their foods in fat, or hydrogenated oil making food doused in these add-ons the most unhealthy of food choices. You can dig into a portion of chicken wings by making sure that you cook them in a way that doesn’t allow you to feel like you just went on a bad binge. Too much of anything is not good – we’ve all heard that line and it rings true for a lot of stuff in our lives, including food.
Baked chicken wings are the way to go, where you want to be able to enjoy your chicken in a way that is heart healthy, and low in calories. If you want to fry these, it should always be done using olive oil (either virgin or extra virgin). Take it easy on sodium based ingredients when preparing any dish, for the lesser you consume of this, the easier it is to walk down the road of good health.Baked Chicken Wings Calories
To understand how much a serving of chicken wings comes to, I’ve pieced together a recipe that is not only heavenly when you dig into it at the end, but so healthy that you’ll be calling others over to enjoy it as well. We’re going to put together a portion of 8 chicken wings, and then break down the science of what these add up to nutritionally.Ingredients Needed
✔ 8 pieces of chicken wings
✔ 1 teaspoon of powdered garlic
✔ Salt to taste
✔ Two tablespoons of lemon juice
✔ 1 cup of panko
✔ 1 cup of flour
✔ 3 eggs
✔ 1 tablespoon of cilantro
✔ 1 teaspoon of pepper
✔ ½ cup of cheddar cheese
✔ 1 tablespoon of barbecue sauce
✔ Olive oil (3 tablespoons)
✔ 1 tablespoon of chili flakes Cooking Items
✔ 2 baking sheets
✔ 1 baking tray
✔ 1 non stick frying panHow to Make this
Take a bowl and coalesce together the eggs (whole), pepper, garlic powder, lemon juice and about a pinch or two of salt. Keep another two bowls to the side, one with the panko and the other with flour. Dip each chicken wing into the egg wash, and then coat with flour and then the panko. Drop each one into the waiting hot pan of the 3 tbsp of olive oil. Within 6 seconds turn them over to their opposite sides, and let it sizzle for another 6 seconds. Take the pan off the gas and empty out the chicken wings onto the baking tray lined with the sheets. Place them strategically apart, and then in a preheated oven of 210°F, let the chicken wings further cook for about 8 minutes.
As that cooks away, get on with your sauce. Mix together in a bowl the cheddar cheese (shredded) and pop it into the microwave for about 10 seconds to allow it to melt. You can put this into a microwave safe bowl and let it sit atop boiling water if you have one of those microwave-oven appliances that is as of now preoccupied with the chicken wings. Once the cheese melts, combine your 1 tablespoon of barbecue sauce, chili flakes and cilantro. Mix it up and then generously slather this onto your chicken wings. Panko is a better alternative to bread crumbs, since the latter can get soggy and not give you a blissful crunch when you dig into them.Calories → 330Protein → 48gFat → 24.5gCarbohydrates → 8g
The calories of this dish as you can see, are a good enough amount to fill up a single meal in a day. Lessen the number of times you chow down on these wings, since too much of it can be a little too heavy for the system. Eat these once a week to not only give in to temptation say over the weekend maybe, but to also keep a tab on how many wings you consume. Have a healthy tomorrow.
Calories in Baked Chicken Wings
24 Şubat 2013 Pazar
Yeast Bread Recipes
Baking bread at home is very easy and both children and adults enjoy eating fresh warm bread. Yeast is a vital ingredient in making bread. Yeast helps the bread to rise by fermenting the dough. Quantity of yeast is important, as less yeast will make the bread less fluffy after baking, whereas too much yeast will make the dough light and runny in consistency, causing it to collapse in the oven while baking. Following are a few yeast bread recipes, which are sure to pull your family to the dining table at every meal.Buttermilk Honey Wheat BreadIngredients
All-purpose flour, 2 cups
Whole wheat flour, 1 cup
Active dry yeast, 2½ tsp
Buttermilk, 1½ cup
Honey, 3 tbsp
Vegetable oil, 1½ tsp
Baking soda, ½ tsp
Salt, 1 tsp
Combine all-purpose flour, wheat flour, yeast, buttermilk, honey, oil and baking soda into a large bowl and knead well. Place the dough in a greased loaf baking dish. Cover it with a light cloth and let it rise until it doubles in size. Bake in a preheated oven at 350° F until golden brown.Oatmeal Molasses BreadIngredients
All-purpose flour, 5 cups
Quick cooking rolled oats, 2 cups
Active dry yeast, 2 packages
Scalded milk, 1½ cup
Molasses, ½ cup
Shortening, 1/3 cup
Softened butter, 2 tbsp
Warm water, ½ cup
Salt, 2 tsp
In a bowl, dissolve yeast with warm water and set aside. In another bowl add molasses, shortening and salt. Pour scalded milk over this and stir until shortening dissolves. Cool and stir in 1 cup all-purpose flour, yeast mix and oats. Then add more flour to make a soft dough.
Take dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place it in a bowl and turn it over to grease all sides. Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size. After it doubles, punch the dough down, cover and let rest for 10 minutes more. Shape the dough into two loaves and place them in greased 9×5×3-inch loaf pans.
Brush the tops with melted butter, cover with a light cloth and let rise for about 1 hour, until double in size. Now bake in a preheated oven at 375° F, until done. Then remove from loaf pans and cool on wire racks. Brush the tops of the loaves with more melted butter.Easy-to-Make Potato Yeast BreadIngredients
All-purpose flour, 3 cups
Whole wheat flour, 4 cups
Lukewarm mashed potatoes, 1 cup
Active dry yeast, 1 package
Eggs, 2
Shortening, 2/3 cup
Warm water, 1½ cup
Sugar, 2/3
Salt, 1½ tsp
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and stir potatoes, shortening, eggs, salt, sugar and white flour. Beat until smooth and add whole wheat flour, a little at a time. Blend well. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic. Then place it in a greased bowl and turn the bowl, to coat it on all sides. Cover tightly with a light cloth or foil sheet and refrigerate for minimum 8 hours.
After refrigeration, punch dough down and shape it to form 1-inch balls. Place 3 dough balls into each muffin tin and let rise for one hour. Bake in pre-heated 400° F oven, until golden brown. Serve warm.Basic White BreadIngredients
Bread flour, 3 cups
Active dry yeast, 0.25 ounce
Dry milk powder, 2 tbsp
Warm water, 1¼ cup
Softened butter, 1 tbsp
White sugar, 1 tbsp
Salt, 1 tsp
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and blend well. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic. Place it in a greased bowl, turning to coat it on all sides. Cover with a light cloth and let rise for about 1 hour, until double in size. When doubled, punch the dough down, cover and let rest for 10 minutes more. Shape the dough in a loaf shape and place it in a pan. Bake in pre-heated 350° F oven, until done. Serve warm.
The smell of freshly baked bread wafting through your home will not only give you many compliments, but also the satisfaction of providing your family with wholesome healthy food.
Yeast Bread Recipes
German Bread Recipes
In Germany, bread is an integral part of special cuisines. For many Germans, bread and butter are favorite breakfast and evening snacks. The Germans use different ingredients and follow a specific method of baking to prepare a bread. Unlike the usual bread made from wheat flour and yeast, German bread is based on the use of rye. A traditional way of baking German rye bread is to allow the rye dough to settle for about a week. The dough then turns slightly sour in taste due to the bacterial action. Besides this, there are many other varieties of German bread, which can be prepared by adding different flavors of your choice. Following are some easy-to-cook German bread recipes.German Rye BreadIngredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 packages active dry yeast
2 cups water
â…“ cup molasses
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt as per taste
Cooking oil
3½ cups rye flourProcedure
First of all, combine together all-purpose flour, cocoa powder and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Warm 2 cups water in a saucepan and add molasses, butter, sugar, salt and 2 tablespoons oil. Gently add this mixture to the dry mixture and beat in an electric mixer for about 5 minutes. Remove the mixture, add rye flour and knead well to make a smooth dough. Cover and allow the dough to stand for about 25-30 minutes.
You can divide the dough into two parts and make round loaves. Transfer the loaves on greased baking sheets and brush lightly with cooking oil. Then cover and leave for about an hour. Finally, bake them at 400º F for about 25-30 minutes. Remove the baked bread loaves from the oven, cool down and serve.German Beer BreadIngredients
3 cups self rising flour
12 ounces beer
½ cup butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1½ teaspoons cheese
1 pinch saltProcedure
In a mixing bowl, combine the following ingredients – flour, beer, sugar, cheese and salt. Pour the mixture into the electric mixer and beat for about 5 minutes. Transfer it into a greased medium-sized loaf pan and bake at 375º F for about 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, add butter to the top and bake for another 10 minutes. You can remove it when the bread turns brown. Serve it warm.German Potato BreadIngredients
400 gram potato (peeled and grated finely)
400 gram all-purpose flour
1 packet dry, active yeast
1 egg
1 teaspoon saltProcedure
In a saucepan, boil the grated potato. Combine together flour with yeast powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Once potato is soften, add it to the flour mixture. Stir in the egg and knead the mixture thoroughly. Cover the bowl and keep for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 250º F. Prepare a round loaf of potato flour dough with a uniform thickness. Transfer it on the baking sheet. Brush the loaf lightly with cooking oil for better cooking. Then bake the potato loaf for about 25-30 minutes. Reduce the temperature of the oven to 200º F and bake the dough for another 30 minutes. Check whether the bread is baked well or not. Remove the potato bread from the oven and serve warm.
So enjoy these recipes to the hilt and try out your own versions by experimenting with the ingredients!
German Bread Recipes
All-purpose Flour Vs. Bread Flour
Flour refers to any powder form, produced by grinding cereal grains or roots. We have been using flour since time immemorial. In fact, it is used as a staple food in many regions of the world. Nutrition wise, flour is enriched with high amounts of natural starches and gluten (wheat protein). Food items made from flour include bread, pastries, cakes and other bakery products. Depending upon the source, there are various types of flour such as wheat flour (atta flour), amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, brown rice flour and corn flour.
Wheat flour is the most versatile flour type, which is used in a wide range of products. The bakery products of European and American countries are primarily based on wheat flour. According to the variety of wheat or part of the grain used for producing flour, there are several subtypes like all-purpose flour, bread flour and cake flour. Let’s take a look at the distinctions and benefits of an all-purpose flour vs. bread flour.Difference Between All-purpose Flour and Bread Flour
Both, all-purpose flour and bread flour are sub-types of wheat flour. The difference lies in the source material, production and nutritional value. Accordingly, the usage of both types of flour varies. The following showcases a brief information for better understanding of the difference between all-purpose flour and bread flour.Production
All-purpose flour is a blended product, made by grinding a combination of low and high gluten wheat varieties. On the other hand, bread flour is produced from hard wheat type, which is basically the hard spring crop. At times, other grains like rye and barley are added in producing bread flour.Nutritional Value
Also known as plain flour, all-purpose flour is a low protein flour, whereas bread flour contains high amounts of gluten. One of the all-purpose flour nutrition facts is that the gluten content is not more than 12 percent. Some brands of all-purpose flour contain only 9 percent gluten, while in case of bread flour, the gluten content can be more 13 percent.Versatility
All-purpose flour is used in household baking recipes like crusty breads, rolls and pizza dough, whereas bread flour is the ideal choice for all yeast bread baking and pizza crust recipes. After baking, recipes prepared by using bread flour retains the desired shape and texture, which is not so in case of all-purpose flour. Price
As stated earlier, the gluten content in all-purpose flour is low (9-12 percent) in comparison to that of bread flour (13-14 percent). So, it is obvious that all-purpose flour is less expensive than bread flour.
This was all about all-purpose flour vs. bread flour. Based on the purpose of using, each of these flour types is equally valuable in baking bakery products. In some cake recipes, using bread flour will produce a tough and dissatisfying product. Or else, substitute bread flour with all-purpose flour and you may not get a good result. Thus, apply your culinary skill and use these types of flour correctly in different recipes to get spectacular and delicious products.
All-purpose Flour Vs. Bread Flour
Bread Ingredients
Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our sins…..
This is a line form Our Lord’s Prayer that we all are familiar with. It is a prayer that has been passed down to us by our forefathers. But when was this prayer written, and by whom? No one can tell us that but what we know for sure is that it is being recited since times immemorial. It is believed that bread is the oldest food that man developed. Probably they just crushed wheat grains with stones, mixed it water and baked it in fire to make the first types of bread. However, over time, bread ingredients increased from just flour, yeast, water and salt to dried fruits, jams and spices. Today the ingredients list includes a lot more other stuff that are added to modify the flavor, nutrition or texture.Basic Ingredients in Bread
Here are the four basic ingredients that a baker uses to make bread:Flour: Flour is the primary ingredient of any bread recipe. It is the bread that we see! Flour contains gluten, a protein that provides for the elasticity and the basic structure of bread. As the mixture (containing all the basic bread ingredients) is heated, the starch in bread sets and adds to the structure. Wheat flour can be made from whole wheat or it can be made only from the endosperm, without the bran and germ. Although this allows the bread to rise higher, keep longer and give it a lighter texture, bread made from flour that does not have the germ or bran has lesser nutrients and fiber. (Fiber is present in the bran). Although wheat flour is the most commonly used flour for making bread, non wheat flour like millet and rye can also be used. However, since the latter types do not have gluten, they must be mixed with large amounts of wheat flour.Yeast: In presence of water, yeast makes use of the sugar present in the flour and releases carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide being a gas rises within the dough. The gluten present in flour makes the dough elastic. So, as the carbon dioxide bubbles are formed in the dough, instead of making holes and escaping, the gas bubbles make the dough rise. Although yeast is a naturally occurring leavening agent, there are many individuals who follow a yeast free diet. For them, chemical leavening agents like baking soda or baking powder can be used instead of yeast in yeast free bread recipes.Salt: Salt allows the baker a control over the rising of bread. This it does by strengthening gluten in flour. As it slows down the rising process of bread, salt allows the dough to develop flavor.Water: Water helps to combine all the ingredients together. It also aids in activating yeast that releases carbon dioxide.Optional Ingredients in Bread
Besides all the basic ingredients of bread, there are some optional ingredients that are added for flavor or nutrition. Some of the optional ingredients are:Bread Sweeteners: If included in bread recipe, the major role of sugar is to provide food for yeast. However, this does not necessitate addition of sugar to the dough as flour itself has enough sugar for the yeast to produce carbon dioxide. Hence sugar is primarily used to add a sweet flavor to the bread. It also contributes to browning of the bread. Other bread sweeteners include honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, jams and dried fresh fruits.Egg: When lots of eggs are used, they add a distinct flavor to bread. Other than that they also act as a leavening agent. Fat in the yolk increases the tenderness and light texture of bread. It also gives a smooth texture to the finished product.Emulsifiers: Emulsifiers prevent bread from tasting stale and dry. This they do by combining with starch and helping them to spread evenly throughout the dough. This prevents the starch from recrystallizing which makes the bread dry and stale. Common emulsifiers used in baked products are lecithin, glycerol monostearate, diglycerides, etc.Dough Conditioners: Dough conditioners like calcium dioxide, potassium iodate, ascorbic acid, etc. are used by bakers for greater control over the baking process.
With the great variety of breads available, ingredients today include a vast array of products. Keeping the basic ingredients same, the list of ingredients of bread is seeing a lot modifications to suit not only the flavor but also the dietary requirements of specific groups of people.
Bread Ingredients
Best Bread for French Toast
For most of us, who do not like to tease our brains, the best bread for French toast would be the one that is lightly sweet and the wonderful flavor just lingers on. This article is a compilation of recipes made with bread which are supposedly considered, the best bread. Ingredients2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup whole milk
4 large eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
DirectionsMix all the ingredients in a shallow bowl and whip them up together by using a blender or an egg beater.
Immerse the bread into the egg mixture. Make sure both the sides of the bread are covered.
Melt one and a half tablespoon of butter in a frying pan.
Add the soaked bread and cook until it is golden brown.
Use a spatula to flip the side of the bread.
Serve it hot after sprinkling powdered sugar or maple syrup.
Italian BreadIngredients1/3 cup orange juice
4 eggs
One day old Italian bread, 6-8 pcs (thickly sliced)
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Crushed plain cornflakes
Powdered sugar
3 tablespoons honey
DirectionsSpread the bread as a single layer on a baking dish.
Whip together eggs, honey and vanilla.
Pour this mixture over the bread. The bread should be thoroughly coat, leaving the excess mixture to be absorbed.
Cover the baking dish and refrigerate it overnight.
The next day, heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Melt butter and pre-heat the glass baking dish, in the oven.
Spread the cornflakes on the plate and dip both sides of bread into the flakes.
Place in the hot baking dish.
Cooking time depends on the size of the bread.
Check to see if the bottom of the bread has turned dark golden brown. That is an indication that the toast is cooked.
Dress up the plate with fresh melon and drizzle with honey or powdered sugar.
Banana BreadIngredients3 eggs
3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 loaf banana bread
confectioners’ sugar for dusting (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DirectionsWhip together the eggs, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla with a fork, in a shallow bowl. Keep this aside.
Take a large skillet and melt butter over medium heat.
Cut banana bread into 4 thick slices.
Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture.
Place it in the hot pan.
Cook till both the sides of the bread are golden brown.
Before serving, dust it with confectioners’ sugar.
Hawaiian BreadIngredients3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon rum-flavored extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 can (8 ounce) crushed pineapple, with juice
1 (1 pound) thickly sliced loaf Hawaiian sweet bread
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 cup maple syrup
3 tablespoons honey
1 (3 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
DirectionsWhisk together egg yolks, egg white, vanilla, rum extract, orange zest, water and 1 tablespoon honey, in a shallow bowl.
Coat bread slices in egg mixture and then keep it aside.
In a small saucepan, add crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, honey and maple syrup. Slightly heat it over medium-low heat for 3 minutes.
Heat a frying pan over medium high heat.
Fry bread slices until golden brown on both sides and serve hot with fruit sauce.
Wheat BreadIngredients8 pieces whole wheat bread
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups soy milk
2 eggs
DirectionsIn a shallow baking pan, whip together milk, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon.
Place pieces of bread in this mixture.
Heat a fry pan over medium heat.
Place the soaked bread on the pan and cook until both the sides are golden brown.
Serve with maple syrup or favorite fruit jam spread.
French Toast Bread PuddingIngredients1 loaf of challah or brioche, crust removed, cut into large cubes
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups milk (or buttermilk is good too)
3 tablespoons sugar, honey or sweetener of your choice
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
DirectionsTake a large casserole and butter it. Then fill with the bread.
Whip together milk, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and sugar into the eggs.
Pour the custard mixture over the bread and toss it lightly.
Refrigerate overnight.
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Toss the bread to give that extra “fluff”.
Bake until lightly golden brown. Insert a toothpick to see if it comes out dry.
The cooking time is approximately 45 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or maple syrup and serve.
Once you try out these recipes, rest assured, you will be greatly pleased and satiated with the taste of French life.
Best Bread for French Toast
Whole Wheat Banana Bread
It is really tiring for the people who are on a weight loss diet, to constantly look out for recipes that are not only healthy and low on carbohydrates, but delicious too. A low carb diet offers a healthy combination of simple and complex carbohydrates. Whole grains and fruits provide lots of fiber which is required for overall health. Wheat bread is highly nutritious and banana is an easily available common fruit. Banana contains 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium. It is a good source of potassium and it helps lower blood pressure. This fiber rich healthy banana bread is good for children as well as elders. Here are some easy banana bread recipes.Whole Wheat Banana Bread RecipeIngredients
Whole wheat flour 2 cups
Ripe bananas 3 medium size
Unsalted butter ½ cup
Eggs 2
Baking soda ½ teaspoon
Baking powder 1 teaspoon
Sugar 1 cup
Salt ½ teaspoon
Sour cream ½ cup
Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
Procedure
Sieve the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
In a large bowl, beat eggs, one at a time, and gradually add cream, butter and sugar. Mix well with an electric mixer.
Peel the bananas and cut them into pieces. Mash the bananas.
Take 1 cup of mashed bananas and add sour cream and stir well until it is perfectly blended.
Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
Gradually add the dry flour and the banana mix to the butter mix, stirring well after each addition.
Pour the whole wheat bread batter into the greased loaf pan.
Bake in a preheated oven to 325 degrees F.
If a bread knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, then be sure that the delicious whole wheat banana bread is ready.
With ApplesauceIngredients
â…“ cup apple sauce ( If you add oil instead of apple sauce, the bread will be more moist. But the apple sauce makes it low fat and the flavor is good.)
1 ¾ cup whole wheat flour
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup honey
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped walnuts
Procedure
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Beat honey and apple sauce together in a big bowl.
Beat the eggs and mix them in honey and sauce.
Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla.
Add wheat flour and salt gradually and mix well.
Add baking soda to hot water. Mix well and then add to the batter.
Add finely chopped nuts, blend in.
Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. You may cool on wire rack for ½ hour before slicing.
This honey-sweetened whole wheat banana bread with some nuts and a splash of vanilla to heighten the rich fruitiness, is really yummy.Muffins
Once you know how to make banana bread, it is very easy to make muffins. You can put the above batter in a 12 muffin pan and it would make great muffins. Here is another recipe for you.Ingredients
½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 cup whole wheat flour
3 mashed ripe bananas
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 cup frozen sliced strawberries
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup packed brown sugar
Procedure
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Grease 12 large muffin cups or you can also line them with paper liners.
Beat the eggs.
Add apple sauce, oil, brown sugar, vanilla and bananas to the eggs in the big bowl gradually. Whisk together.
Mix the flour and baking soda and cinnamon powder well. Stir into the already prepared banana mixture.
Add the strawberries and mix them evenly in the batter.
Slowly pour or spoon the batter into muffin cups until completely filled.
Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven. When ready, the tops of the muffins spring back when pressed lightly. The color should be golden brown.
Leave the muffins for cooling before removing from the muffin tins.
I am sure, this weekend, the aroma from your kitchen is going to drive your family crazy. I hope you love the above bread recipes.
Whole Wheat Banana Bread
How to Make Italian Bread
“I feast on wine and bread and feasts they are”,
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
The Italians were definitely fond of bread, a range that comprises over fifty types of bread speaks for itself. The bread holds an important place in the Italian cuisine, and almost no religious festival or ceremony is complete without a loaf. Although it is the pasta that is most associated with Italian food, bread is an equally important part of the diet. One of the primary reason as to why there are so many types of breads can be attributed to the variation each region added to it. Now that we know a little history about this country’s bread, let’s look into the process of making it.Making Italian Bread from Scratch
Italian bread unlike other breads is a crusty yeast loaf prepared from dough made using water and is usually shorter and/or wider than other loaves, or at times it may be round or oval in shape. Before we try a couple of shapes, let’s get the dough right, for it is integral to the fine art of baking bread.Recipe for DoughIngredients:
Active dry yeast, packet
All-purpose flour, 4 cups
Salt, 1 tsp
Sugar, ½ tsp
Cooking oil, 1 tbsp
Cornmeal, ¼ tsp
Water, 1¼ cup
Dissolve yeast in a quarter cup of water. The water should be lukewarm to ensure proper activation of yeast. Once the yeast begins to bubble, mix it in with the rest of the lukewarm water. In a large bowl, shift flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt together. Add in the yeast dissolved water, mix it thoroughly with the flour, and then pour the oil. Once you add the oil, turn the dough out onto a floured surface to knead. Knead dough by stretching, folding it back and forth a couple of times, until the dough feels and looks smooth. Well kneaded dough results in a more aerated bread. In a bowl large enough to accommodate the whole dough, add a few drops of oil, and turn the dough in it a couple of times to coat it well from all sides. Cover the dough with plastic wrapped tight enough to press it up against the dough. Rest the dough in a warm place for two to three hours, until the dough has doubled in size. With this the dough is ready to be rolled out and baked in the shapes and sizes you want.Recipe for Loaves
Use the dough from the above recipe. Knead it once more before using, it, punch it down a couple of times. Roll the dough out into a loaf shape and cut it in half length wise. Take one cut dough piece, and roll it out in an elongated shape, don’t make them too thin or too thick. Lay them all in a plate, careful not to overlap, and cover the whole plate with plastic and allow it to rise for another hour until shaped dough doubles in size. Remove the wrap and with one sharp cut, of about a quarter inch deep make a incision length wise. Bake loaves in batches at 425° F for 10-15 minutes, after which turn down the heat to 400° F and bake until done. The baked bread should sound hollow when thumped upon with a finger.
Experiment with more shapes and different types of flour and some cheese, perhaps, to add that extra flavor to your homemade Italian bread.
How to Make Italian Bread
Homemade Banana Bread
Homemade banana bread is a wholesome bread and the smell of baking it at home is soothing to any soul. In this article, I will give you some basic banana bread recipes. I say basic, as there are myriad things which you can add to the bread. It can be nuts, raisins, etc. First things come first. A lot of people ask about nutrition facts of this bread, hence we will see them first, before we turn towards the recipes. There are 110 to 128 calories per slice with 0.2 g fats and 2.4 g proteins.Making Banana Bread at HomeRecipe # 1
This is the traditional method of making banana bread. This banana bread recipe is not lengthy and can easily be made at home without expertise. I will not say this the healthiest bread, but yes, it is better than the bread we buy at the supermarket or at the bakers. This recipe does not use yeast, which is the highlight of the easy banana bread recipe.IngredientsWhite Sugar 1½ cup
Butter (softened) ½ cup
Ripe Bananas (mashed) 3
Eggs 2
All-Purpose Flour 2 cups
Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
Sour Milk 1/3 cup
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon
MethodPreheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, while you lightly grease a loaf pan.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, butter, mashed bananas, eggs, flour, baking soda, milk, salt and vanilla extract and beat well.
The batter should be soft without any lumps in it.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake it for about 60 minutes in the preheated oven.
To know if the bread is well cooked insert a toothpick at the center of the bread, if it comes out clean, understand the bread is ready.
Recipe # 2
This recipe is an almost fat free recipe, which makes use of sugar free sweetener as well as whole wheat flour. I came across this recipe relatively recently, but have taken to it and it has become my favorite banana bread recipe, as it makes whole wheat banana bread.IngredientsWhole Wheat Flour 1½ cups
Sugar Free Sweetener ¾ cup
Baking Powder 1 tablespoon
Salt ¾ teaspoon
Ripe Bananas 3
Skim Milk ½ cup
Eggs 2
Egg White 1
Vanilla 1 teaspoon
MethodSift whole wheat flour, sweetener, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
Mash the ripe bananas.
To the mashed bananas, add milk, eggs, egg white and vanilla and mix all the ingredients well.
Now add all the dry ingredients to the banana mixture, to make a smooth dough.
Grease a loaf pan with non stick spray and pour the batter into the pan.
Place the loaf pan in a preheated oven at 400 degrees and bake for roughly 25 to 30 minutes.
To know whether the bread is cooked right, insert a toothpick at the center of the bread, if it comes out clean, understand that the bread is ready.
A tip about slicing the bread is to slice the loaf only after the bread has cooled down completely. A common question often asked is how long does homemade banana bread last, as it invariably happens that we make much more than the required quantity. This homemade bread can be wrapped in a wax paper or plastic wrap and covered in a foil, and placed in the freezer. Whenever you want to eat it, remove from the freezer, thaw it and it will taste the same. I have done this a number of times and my bread has stayed good. However, this bread is so yummy that the question of storage might not even arise.
Homemade Banana Bread
Eggless Banana Bread
Most of the baking recipes we come across have eggs as an ingredient, which makes these recipes useless for vegetarians or vegans. However, baking eggless banana bread should not prove to be a problem. There are many methods that can be implemented to replace the eggs in the recipe. The different ingredients which you use, can have the ability to alter the taste, texture, etc. It is important to remember simply eliminating the eggs from the recipe is not the best option. Hence, it necessary we understand the use of eggs in baking. Eggs act as binding agent, and give the breads, cakes or muffins a fluffy texture. Hence, the egg substitute you use should provide the similar qualities. We will now see some recipes.Eggless Banana Bread Recipes
The ingredients used to make eggless bread include applesauce with baking powder, soy yogurt with baking powder, fruit purees, vegetable oil, etc. as egg substitutes.Recipe # 1
This is the best recipe to make banana bread without eggs according to me, as it makes very moist and delicious banana bread, which is great to be had for breakfast or in the lunchbox. Here is the recipe to make whole wheat banana bread.IngredientsOver-ripe Bananas 5
Sugar 1 cup
Vanilla 1 teaspoon
Whole Wheat Flour 2 cups
Baking Powder 1 teaspoon
Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
Water ¼ cup
MethodIn a mixing bowl, mash bananas with sugar and vanilla and mix till all the ingredients are well combined and creamy.
Then add water to the mixture and mix well again.
In another bowl sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon together.
Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir until just mixed. Do not over mix, as the bread can then become very dry.
Now pour the batter into a loaf pan, which is sprayed with cooking spray.
Place the loaf pan in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and let it bake for an hour.
Recipe # 2
This banana bread recipe makes use of yogurt. It is another of my favorite recipes.IngredientsSugar 1 cup
Over- ripe Bananas 3
Melted Unsalted Butter 4 tablespoons
Yogurt 2 tablespoons
All-Purpose Flour 1½ cups
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Baking Soda 1 teaspoon
Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon
Milk ¼ cup
Chopped Walnuts ½ cup
MethodPreheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, while you prepare the bread batter.
Mash bananas in a bowl and add sugar and yogurt to the bananas and mix well.
Add butter, salt and flour to the banana mixture and whisk it.
Now is the time to add baking soda, milk and vanilla extract to the mixture.
Once you have mixed everything well, add chopped walnuts to the batter and mix well.
Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.
Recipe # 3
This is a different recipe, which is quick to make and does not require elaborate planning.IngredientsSugar 2¼ cups
Oil 1½ cups
Ripe Bananas 3 cups
Lemon Juice 3 tablespoons
Flour 5½ cups
Baking Soda 3 teaspoons
Salt 1½ teaspoons
Mixed Nuts (finely chopped) 1 cup
Cinnamon and Sugar mixture 1 tablespoon
MethodCombine sugar, oil, lemon juice and mashed bananas in a mixing bowl.
Add flour, salt and soda to the banana mixture and mix well.
Add chopped nuts, mix well and pour the batter in greased bread pans.
Place the bread pans in an oven preheated at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for an hour.
In the last 10 minutes before the bread is ready, sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture on loaf top.
We have just seen some of the recipes, however, if you have a question about what are the other additions you can make to the list of ingredients, the answer is dried fruits, diced apples, diced peaches, spice blends of apple or pumpkin pie, sunflower seeds, etc. Happy Baking!
Eggless Banana Bread
Sugar Bread Recipe
Sugar bread is one of the earliest and easiest forms of bread made from wheat. In the earlier days, it was made by the peasants to fulfill their hunger since they had nothing but flour and sometimes sugar. It was considered a special dish for special occasions and kids loved to have it plain and simple. Today, sugar bread is made in every part of the world and is served in hotels with their own versions of the dish. There are many versions of this authentic sugar bread recipe with additions of other spices to make it tastier. These spices add not only a different taste to the bread but also the aroma which is the best aftertaste. Sugar bread can be accompanied with butter, cheese, jams and any other spicy bland dishes you would like to have it with. Since it is slightly sweet in taste, it gives a unique combination with spicy gravy. Given below are a few recipes which are easy to cook and delicious to taste.Recipes to Make Delicious Bread
You can make sweet or sugar bread with any combination of spices or simply with sugar. The following recipes are a mixture of recipes compiled from all over the world and are the best and the easiest to make at home. The ingredients too are readily available and if you feel like adding any spices of your choice, you are free to do so, thus take a look.Frisian Bread
Frisian is a place in Netherlands and is very famous for its “Sukerbolle”, which means sugar bread. It has a slight taste of cinnamon but if you don’t want to add it, it’s your choice.Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour
155 ml milk
2 eggs
3 tablespoons ginger syrup
6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
2 teaspoons yeast
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup pearl sugar
Directions
To start with this delicious one of a kind sugar-cinnamon bread, mix all the ingredients except the ground cinnamon and the pearl sugar until it is evenly incorporated. Then knead this dough for about 8 to 10 minutes till it is soft and uniform. Keep this dough at room temperature for about two hours for the yeast to ferment to let the dough rise. After two hours, divide the dough in two halves and rest it for 15 minutes. Then stretch it to a rectangle and keep the pearl sugar and ground cinnamon on top of each part. Then roll these rectangular loaves about 8 inches long. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and grease the baking dish with melted butter. After rising the dough becomes almost double its original size, thus you will know when to bake it. Now bake it in the oven for 30 minutes and once done, cool it for another 30 minutes. Cut the freshly baked bread in pieces and serve.Moravian Bread
This bread is made specially by the Moravian people and is a very famous recipe. It has a topping to be made with it so you don’t need to eat it plain.Ingredients
1 tablespoon dry yeast
½ cup warm water
½ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup melted butter
2 eggs
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup mashed potato
Topping
1½ cup light brown sugar
Ground cinnamon
Nutmeg
Butter
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Heat the water and the butter separately and gradually mix them with the ingredients added to the bowl. Beat it gently with a beater so that there are no lumps and then add the eggs and the potato. Make it into a soft dough ball and then gently knead it with your hands to bring the softness for about 10 minutes. Place it on the greased baking dish and cover it till it rises for about 2 hours. Till then prepare the topping by mixing all the ingredients together and blending it well. After 2 hours, bake the bread in a preheated oven to about 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. When it rises, let it cool and then top it with the topping and serve in pieces.Sweet Potato Bread
This is a quick recipe with pecans and sweet potato which can be eaten without any dishes just for breakfast or as a snack.Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
½ cup chopped raisins
2 large eggs
½ cup applesauce
4 tablespoons milk
1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and grease the baking dish with butter. Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl along with milk and water till they are blended well. Then knead this dough for about 10 minutes till it is tender and soft. Stand it for half and hour and let the dough rise a bit. After half an hour, bake this dough in the oven for 30 minutes and then let it cool. The bread comes out brown with all the tastes blended in and is rich with the applesauce and pecans. Serve it simply in a serving dish and enjoy this yummy experience.
With those lovely recipes, I am sure you’re waiting to start pulling out those ingredients and setting up the oven. You can try some ingredients yourselves and make new sugar bread recipes, so have fun!
Sugar Bread Recipe
Amish Friendship Bread Recipes
So, what is Amish friendship bread? Well, it is a basically an instant bread made from a starter dough. Amish friendship bread starter is used as a substitute for bread yeast. This starter dough can be stored in refrigerator and used whenever required. You can make breads of various flavors from this starter dough. This bread got the name “friendship bread”, because the starter can be passed from one friend to another to prepare the Amish friendship bread. This bread has no connection with Amish people and the origin of the name and the recipe is yet unknown. Scroll down for some easy Amish friendship bread recipes.Recipes for Amish Friendship BreadAmish Friendship Bread StarterIngredients
Active dry yeast – 1 package (.25 ounce)
Warm water – ¼ cup
All-purpose flour – 3 cups
White sugar – 3 cups
Milk – 3 cups
Procedure
This is one of the simple Amish friendship bread starter recipes. Take a small bowl, add water and dissolve yeast in it. Leave the dissolved mixture for 10 minutes. Take a glass container and combine one cup of all-purpose flour and one cup sugar. Mix them properly and then add one cup of milk and dissolved yeast. Then, cover the container loosely and keep it aside. Next day, take a wooden spoon and stir the starter. Continue doing this until day 5. On day 5, add one cup milk, one cup sugar and one cup flour to the starter and combine them properly. Then stir the starter from day 6 to day 9. Then, on day 10 combine one cup milk, one cup sugar and one cup flour. On the 10th day the Amish friendship bread starter is ready. You can use this starter to make your first bread. Store the remaining starter in the refrigerator.Amish Friendship Bread PancakesIngredients
Buttermilk pancake mix – 2 cups
Water – 1½ cups
Amish friendship bread starter – 1 cup
Procedure
Take a large mixing bowl and add the pancake mix to it. Then, add water and Amish friendship bread starter to the bowl and stir the mixture properly. Take a frying pan and grease it with cooking spray or butter. Then place it over medium heat and transfer the pancake batter to it. You will require ¼ cup of batter to make one pancake.Amish Friendship Chocolate BreadIngredients
All-purpose flour – 2 cups
White sugar – 1 cup
Baking powder – 1½ teaspoons
Baking soda – ½ teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Instant chocolate pudding mix – 1 (5.9 ounce) package
Amish Friendship Bread Starter – 1 cup
Vegetable oil – 1 cup
Milk – ½ cup
Eggs – 3
Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
Procedure
To prepare this Amish friendship bread recipe, preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit. Take 9 by 5 inches loaf pans and grease them with cooking spray. Then, take a large bowl and combine all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, chocolate pudding and baking soda in it. Mix the ingredients properly and make a small well in the middle of the mixture. Add the Amish friendship bread starter, eggs, vanilla extract, vegetable oil in the well and mix the ingredients. Now, transfer the batter into loaf pan and bake the bread in preheated oven for 60 minutes.
Before passing on the starter dough to your friend, make sure you explain the Amish friendship bread instructions properly. While preparing the Amish friendship bread recipes, never use metal utensils and always go for plastic or wooden utensils. So, make the Amish friendship bread starter and share it with your near and dear ones. Happy Cooking!
Amish Friendship Bread Recipes
Ezekiel Bread Recipe
Ezekiel bread is generally prepared without adding flour as the main ingredient. This bread is also called sprouted grain bread, because a mix of grains, seeds, and beans are sprouted and used as the base of the recipe. You will find that the bread also has rye, barley, lentils, kidney and pinto beans, and other kinds of grains in it. The grains and beans are not cooked while they are added to the recipe. Due to this, it is absolutely essential to let them sprout completely, before using them to make the bread. Plus, sprouted grains can provide additional nutritional contents, as compared to using flour to make the bread. In this article, we have provided some healthy Ezekiel bread recipes that are really easy to make.Simple RecipeIngredients
4 cups white wheat
2 teaspoon salt
1 cup honey
¼ cup kamut
¼ cup spelt
¼ cup pinto, pink and small white beans, mixed
â…› cup lentils
â…› cup millet
Procedure
According to the amount of ingredientsused in this recipe, we will have about 2½ pounds loaves of bread. If you want, you can cut the ingredients in half to make 1 loaf of bread. To begin, take a bowl to mix all the ingredients properly. Make 3 equal parts, where all parts will be poured in individual jars. Fill those jars with water and let the ingredients soak itself for about 24 hours. Place a cheesecloth cover on all the jars and attach a elastic band to secure. After 24 hours, drain the water from each jar and rinse the grains properly with clean water. Again drain the water out completely. Let the beans stay in for another 24 hours with the cheesecloth placed as a cover. The beans will soon start to have tiny shoots coming out. Once you see the shoots, this means the beans are ready to grind. Drain any excess water out of all the jars and place the beans in the blender. Grind the mixture to get a heavy dough, which will be ready to be made into the bread loaf. Preheat the oven at 350ºF. Add honey and salt in the dough and knead it for about 10 minutes. Spread the dough on greased pans and place in the oven to bake for about 45 to 50 minutes. Once the bread is ready, let it cool down a bit and then cut into equal slices.Layered BreadIngredients
10 black olives
8 oz. cream cheese
4 tablespoons chives, chopped
2½ tablespoons margarine
2 teaspoons tomato paste
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chervil, chopped
1½ tablespoon butter
1 small onion
1 lb. sprouted-wheat bread
1 ripe avocado
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup Swiss cheese, grated
â…› teaspoon black pepper
â…› teaspoon curry powder
â…› teaspoon saffron
â…› teaspoon white pepper
Dash of Tabasco sauce
Procedure
Once you have made the bread, following the recipe mentioned above, you can eat it in different manners. In this recipe, what we have done is prepared a delicious mixture which can be used to layer the bread. First, you will take a bowl to mix the butter, margarine, 4 oz. cream cheese, salt, and black pepper together. Add the chervil and 2 tablespoons of chives as well. Mix everything completely and place them in 2 separate parts. Chop the onion and olives. In one bowl, combine the chopped onion, olives, tomato paste, 2 oz. cream cheese and paprika together. In the second bowl, combine Swiss cheese, curry powder and saffron properly. Mash the avocado in a bowl and add lemon juice, white pepper, Tabasco, 2 tablespoons chives and 2 oz. cream cheese in it. Cut the 1 lb. bread into 4 equal slices and place them in front of you. Spread the tomato cheese mix on the bottom slice, place second slice of bread and spread the curry cheese mix on it, place third slice of bread and spread the avocado cheese mix on it and top the fourth slice of bread. Cut the bread diagonally and serve the bread.
Always use fresh ingredients while making the Ezekiel bread as you can easily do so at home. This practice will not only give you the best tasting bread, but also provide all the nutritional benefits of the flourless bread.
Ezekiel Bread Recipe
Ezekiel Bread Ingredients
So, what exactly is “Ezekiel bread”? Ezekiel is a priest mentioned in the Bible, who preached for almost 22 years sometime in the 6th century B.C. And Ezekiel bread, also referred as “Bible bread”, is a typical bread that was consumed by Ezekiel during his wilderness. This bread is mentioned in Ezekiel 4: 9, of the Bible, which goes like this, “Take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it”. It is said that, because of the typical ingredients of this bread, Ezekiel could survive in the wilderness. Wheat, barley, lentils and different types of beans are some of the main ingredients of Ezekiel bread. Before taking a look at the recipe, let us know what are the ingredients used to make this bread.
Sprouted wheat
Filtered water
Sprouted barley
Sprouted millet
Malted barley
Sprouted lentils
Sprouted soybeans
Sprouted spelt
Fresh yeast
Wheat gluten
Sea salt
Ezekiel Bread RecipeIngredients
Active dry yeast – 2 packages (.25 ounce)
Barley – ½ cup
Dry green lentils – ¼ cup
Dry great Northern beans – 2 tablespoons
Dry kidney beans – 2 tablespoons
Dried Pinto beans – 2 tablespoons
Millet – ½ cup
Honey – 1 cup
Olive oil – ½ cup
Warm water – 4 cups
Spelt flour – 1½ cups
Wheat berries – 2½ cups
Salt – 2 tablespoons
Take a large mixing bowl and combine, yeast, water, olive oil and honey, in it. Leave the mixture for about 5 minutes. Then, combine all the beans and grains and mix them together. Grind this mixture with help of a flour mill. Add this freshly ground flour into the mixture of yeast and other ingredients. Mix them together for about 10 minutes to attain a texture of bread batter. Now, take two, 9 x 5 inch, loaf pans and grease them with cooking spray. Pour the dough into these greased pans and keep them in a warm place for about an hour. Then preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit and bake the breads for about 50 minutes. Your Ezekiel bread is ready!Nutritional Information
When it comes to Ezekiel bread nutrition facts, this bread is considered as a very healthy bread. It is said that the combination of all the ingredients provides proteins that are present in milk and eggs. It is observed that the proteins obtained from the plant sources contain almost the double amount of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, than obtained from the protein from meat and other animal products. The calories in one slice of Ezekiel bread are very less and hence this bread can be consumed by weight watchers. Researches state that one slice of Ezekiel bread contains 3 grams of fiber and 4 grams of proteins. Since the bread is not made from refined flour, it contains very less amount of carbohydrates. Moreover, it does not contain cholesterol, sugar and saturated fats. It has very low glycemic index and hence, people suffering from diabetes can enjoy eating this bread with worrying about its health risks.
Though there are not many brands that manufacture Ezekiel bread, Ezekiel bread 4:9, is very popular among bread lovers. The reviews of this brand, state that this bread is a very good quality bread and is packed with several health benefits. This was a brief information on Ezekiel bread ingredients and its nutrition. Now, when you know how to make Ezekiel bread, prepare this healthy Bible bread and have it for your meals. Happy Living!
Ezekiel Bread Ingredients
Calories in Garlic Bread
There is something which I like more than bread, butter and garlic. If you mingle them, you will get a perfect dish out of it – garlic bread. Sounds delicious! But wait, if you are on a low carb diet, then you must count your favorite garlic bread out of it. You will be surprised to know that tasty and yummy snack/appetizer might add a lot of calories to your diet. So, it is of prime importance to start thinking about the calories in garlic bread before planning our diet.
The intake of food must constitute the right proportion of calories that is a must for an individual. If the intake of calories surpasses the normal standards it might result in grave problems like obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, immune disorders and speed the aging process. One must know the amount of calories in each slice that we consume to keep a check on weight. Most of the single-servings of bread, especially in this appetizer, are of approximately 150 calories. Garlic has no calories but the butter added for flavor itself has almost 100 calories per tablespoon.
It constitutes complex carbohydrates in the form of starch, fibers and a large quantity of saturated fats. Because of its high glycemic value it may sometimes inflate your sugar level. In all, it is ranked low in terms of its nutritional values.
The chart below provides a summary of the nutritional values as per the size of the servings and gives you an idea of garlic bread calories.SERVING SIZE
CALORIES
1 Cubic Inch
11
1 Small Size (2-1/2″ x 2″ x 1″)
53
1 oz
94
1 Medium Slice (4-3/4″ x 4″ x 1/2″)
96
1 Large Slice (5″ x 2-1/2″ x 1″)
135
100 gm
330
From the table we can see that 1 small-sized garlic bread serving can add up to 53 calories out of which 35% is fat, 56% carbs and 9% protein. Even a single slice is full of 1.5 grams saturated fats which is sufficient not only to block the arteries but to also increase cholesterol levels. Other than this, it has near about 22 grams of carbohydrates which constitutes only 3 grams of sugar for energy and 1 gm of dietary fibers for aiding metabolism. It has 5 grams of proteins which play a vital role in functioning of the body. So, it is suggested to abstain from binging on them and thus stay away from the calories. Don’t rely on the calorie values given by various brands available in the market or grocery stores; they mostly give you an approximate value. Those written on packets may not be the exact values and they also vary from one brand to another.
Try out homemade garlic breads which are low in fat. You can also try innovative recipes and make healthy and nutritious food for yourself. Also, a variety of other breads are available with less calories. The table below shows the calories in other types of bread.TYPE OF BREAD
QUANTITY
CAL.
Wheat Bread
100 g
259
French Bread
100 g
274
Corn Bread
90 g
180
Mountain Bread
90 g
70
Pita Bread
50 g
140
Raisin Bread
1 slice
80
Turkish Bread
50 g
135
Low Carb Bread
40 g
80
Multigrain Bread
100 g
251
Rye Bread
100 g
259
After knowing the important facts on the calories as well as other bread types, it should now be easier for you to plan a balanced diet for yourself.
Even though you are aware of the calories present in this delicious treat, which is quite high, that does not mean that you can’t relish garlic bread. You just need to give a pause to your order after one piece and yes, don’t order for garlic bread with additional cheese or butter; it will only increase your daily calorie intake. We can say that food is our medicine and a wholesome balanced diet with restricted calories can keep us healthy. Eat healthy and stay healthy.
Calories in Garlic Bread
Types of Bread
Among the oldest types of food prepared, bread ranks on the first position. As a matter of fact, making of bread has been practiced since the Neolithic age. No doubt it underwent a lot of change, since those times. Different procedures were introduced to make breads in different parts of the world. Bread is made with different types of flours. The dough can either be baked, steamed, fried or baked on a skillet. Different types of mold are used to shape up the bread. It can either be leavened or unleavened. Along with flour and water, salt, fat and/or leavening agents, like yeast, baking soda are the ingredients used to make basic type of bread. Other than these ingredients, a number of other ingredients are also used. Some of the commonly used ingredients are sugar, spices, fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, etc. In different parts of the world, there are different types of bread made. In this write up, we will get to know about the different types.Bread Types
Bread is a staple food not just in the West, but in all parts of the world. No doubt, the same bread recipe is not used everywhere. Each region has its own recipe to make bread, at the same time the way bread is cooked. Normally wheat flour is used to make bread. However, different types of flour are also used to make bread. The most common types of flour used include rye, barley, corn, oats, spiked millet, sorghum, etc. Normally these flours are combined with wheat to make different varieties of bread rolls.Wheat Bread
This type of bread is also referred to as ‘whole wheat bread’ or ‘wholemeal bread’. The whole wheat bread is made from wheat flour, where the flour has about 100% extraction from the grain. More and more people are taking to this form of bread, as people have become conscious about the health benefits.White Bread
This bread is commonly known as ‘bread’ only. Normally all-purpose flour or bread flour is used to make this bread. White bread is known for its fine texture and closer grains, which makes slicing the bread easier. It is one of the bread type at subway as well. Different bread mold can be used to make this bread.Multi-grain Bread
This type of bread is also very popular all over the world. Different flours are used to make this bread. Normally whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, rye flour, etc. are combined to make the bread. Whole grains may also be added to the dough. Depending on the ingredients added to the bread, it is classified as light or heavy bread.Brown Bread
If you have to check how to make bread, especially brown bread, you will come across numerous variations. The most common method used to make this bread is using wheat germ along with barn. The quantity of bran is 10% in the recipe. In some parts, brown bread is similar to the white bread, where caramel is added to the white bread. Therefore, you will have to be sure about whole wheat bread and brown bread.Roti
It is one of the flat bread types made in the Indian subcontinent. Like different ingredients are used to make bread, this bread is also made from different flours. When one refers to naan bread, it is made using all-purpose flour. The other flours used to make roti include wheat flour, spiked millet flour, sorghum flour, etc. In some parts of India, cornbread is also made using corn flour.Rye Bread
This type of bread is said to have originated in Europe. It is said to be a kind of wholemeal bread, which is made either using only rye flour or a mixture of rye and wheat flour. It is dark in color and has a strong flavor. One will come across rye bread in Scandinavian countries, Germany, Russia, Finland, etc.Sourdough Bread
The name of this bread describes the bread well. It has a slight sour flavor. The texture of this bread is dense as compared to the other varieties of bread. Flour and water are fermented before the bread is made. To make leavened breads, a type of acid is added to the dough.Ezekiel Bread
To make Ezekiel bread, no flour is added to the dough. Normally sprouted grains are used. Seeds, beans can also be added to the recipe. Uncooked grains and beans are added, therefore, it is important that the grains are totally sprouted, before they are used to make the bread.
These were the basic types of bread. The different types of French bread include croissants, baguette, boule bread, etc. Likewise, there are many different types of Italian bread as well. Some of the famous ones are focaccia, the grissino, piadina, etc. It is important to note, that different breads may have different names in your part of the world.
Types of Bread
Pita Bread Nutrition
Pita bread is a kind of flat bread that is round in shape and is mostly used in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine. It is a very popular flat bread that is used for making pita sandwiches as well as an accompaniment to gravies. The unique thing about pita bread is the pocket that is produced in the center of the bread during baking. This pocket is then used for stuffing various fillings and condiments.
Pita bread is generally made from flour that has been leavened, although it is also made with different grains as well as whole wheat. This bread is baked in special ovens at a very high temperature. Due to the extremely high temperature used for baking flat bread recipe, the dough used for making the bread, expands rapidly, creating an internal pocket. After cooling, the bread flattens out but the internal air pocket remains. Since pita bread is made from both, white flour as well as whole wheat, therefore the nutrition of pita bread is different for different types of wheat used. Addition of different grains in the bread also changes the nutritional value of pita bread.Nutrition Facts about Pita Bread
One large pita bread made with white flour contains about 165 calories. It is low in both saturated fat and trans saturated fat. It has 33 grams of carbohydrates and 9 grams of protein. It is also rich in thiamin and selenium which is required for the healthy functioning of the body. It contains only 1 gram of fat and so is ideal for people who are looking to cut back on fat consumption in their diet. It also has about 1 gram of dietary fiber which contributes to about 5 percent of the daily recommended intake. Pita bread has 322 grams of sodium per serving and such it is a little high on sodium. Pita bread is quite rich in minerals like niacin, copper, calcium, riboflavin, folate and iron. For those people who are following a low carbohydrate diet, consumption of pita bread is not recommended due to its high carbohydrate content.
As mentioned earlier pita bread can be made with whole wheat too and whole wheat pita bread is much more nutritious than regular pita bread. Whole wheat pita bread nutrition facts are as follows. It contains about 35.2 grams of carbohydrates, 6.3 grams protein, 1.7 grams fat and 340 grams of sodium. It scores over regular pita in the field of dietary fiber as it contains around 4.7 grams of dietary fiber. This is much higher than 1 gram of dietary fiber that is available in regular pita bread. It is low in both sugar and saturated food and has zero cholesterol. Whole wheat pita bread is also high in manganese and selenium that is required for the normal and healthy functioning of the body. Addition of other grains improves the nutritional value of pita bread although the pita bread calories will slightly increase.
Many bakeries make pita bread and one of the most popular is the Toufayan bakery. One regular sized pita bread from Tofayan bakery contains 150 calories, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 6 gram proteins and 0.5 gram fats. The multi grain pita bread from Toufayan bakery contains 173 calories, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 8 gram protein, 4 grams dietary fiber and 1 gram fat. A half size serving of Weight Watchers pita bread contains 90 calories with 16 gram carbohydrates, 3 grams protein and 1 gram fat.
The best way to enjoy pita bread is by filling it with slices of fresh vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and onions and topped with creamy hummus. Avoid filling it with too much of mayonnaise, creamy salad dressings and red meat. Remember that the fillings used in pita bread will greatly increase the calories in it.
Pita Bread Nutrition
How to Make Bread Bowls
In the Middle ages, people were served food on thick slices of stale bread, and would eat their food, breaking off pieces of bread from their edible bread. Keeping with that tradition, bread bowls are a popular, new bread recipe. Bread bowls are an ingenious and delicious method to serve soups, dips and gravy dishes, irrespective of the cuisine. Bread bowls are round loaves with the top cut off to resemble a bowl. Soups with a thin base cannot be served in bread bowls as the bread tends to get soggy. Nowadays, restaurants like Tim Horton’s, Quizno’s and Domino’s pizza have added bread bowls to their menu. Read this article to learn how to make bread bowls, to spice up your own menu!How to Make Bread Bowls from ScratchIngredients
1 tablespoon cornmeal
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup shortening
1 cup warm milk (110 – 115°F)
1 cup warm water (110 – 115°F)
2 (0.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
Directions
In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk, shortening, sugar, eggs, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Use remaining flour to form soft dough. On a floured surface, knead for 6-8 minutes until smooth. Place in a greased bowl, turn the dough in the bowl so it’s greased all over. Cover for 1 hour. Punch dough down. On a floured surface, divide into 8 pieces and shape each into a ball. Grease two baking sheets and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place 4 balls on each prepared sheet and cover for 30 minutes. Bake at 350°F for 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown. Leave to cool. Cut a thin slice off the top of the bread and hollow out the bottom half, leaving a ¼ inch thick shell.Cheesy Bread BowlIngredients1 tablespoon cornmeal
2/3 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ cup butter
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
Grease a 9-inch round baking pan, sprinkle it with cornmeal and keep aside. Mix water and butter in a saucepan over heat and bring to boil. Add flour, Parmesan cheese and baking powder, and stir. Remove the pan from heat and beat in eggs, one by one, till the mixture is smooth and shiny. Spoon the mixture into the greased pan and bake at 425°F for 25 – 30 minutes, until the center is firm and puffed, and the edges are a golden brown. Make a small slit in the center to allow steam to escape. Let it cool for a few minutes, then move it to a serving plate. This recipe shows us how to bake bread bowls that are cheesy in taste, and so can be filled with chili or potato soup or even clam chowder. How to Make Bread Bowls from Frozen Bread DoughIngredients
Frozen white bread dough
1 tablespoon butter
Baking tray
Directions
Thaw the dough to room temperature. Grease the baking tray with butter. Divide the dough into 12 chunks and roll them into balls, then place them on the tray. Leave the dough for an hour, so that it doubles in size. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Put the balls into the oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Leave them to cool. Cut a large, round hole in the top and scoop some of the bread underneath, leaving at least a ½ inch of bread in the bowl. How to Make Soup Bread BowlsIngredients
Round loaf of bread
Olive oil
Basting brush
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut ½ inch off the top of the load with a knife. Remove bread on the inside, leave about 1½ inches thickness on the inside. Brush olive oil on the inside of the bread bowl. Bake bowl for 15 minutes until golden on the inside. You can also save the top, brush olive oil underneath, bake with bowl, and now you have a lid for your bread bowl.
Nowadays, bread bowls are used in dinner parties as a fancy way to serve dips. Guests can break off pieces of the bowl and eat it with the dip. Weight watchers should take care, bread bowls soak up the soup or gravy and have twice the calories. Be creative and make a bread bowl for your next gathering. Each guest could have their own bowl or one central big bowl for the table. Now that you know the recipe for bread bowls, your delicious soup has an equally yummy bowl.
How to Make Bread Bowls
How to Keep Homemade Bread Fresh
Warm, soft, healthy, fluffy, delicious, aromatic and fresh! These are just a few of the words that pop into the head when I picture bread. Bread! Beautiful, golden bread! How often have you thrown away a loaf of bread because it developed mold or turned too hard and crispy to be eaten? There’s no shame in admitting it. And that’s why, this Buzzle article is the perfect one for you. It has some easy to follow methods of keeping homemade bread fresh.Use Preservatives
The best way to get away from an unfavorable situation is to try to avoid it altogether. Most of you will agree with the adage of prevention being better than cure, right? Well then, one of the best ideas to prevent bread from getting spoiled soon and from developing those annoying mold patches is to use preservatives in the bread mentioned here, right when you’re baking it. That way, instead of worrying about it getting spoiled soon (though I’m sure you still will), you have at least some assurance that it will remain fresh because of the ingredients that you used to make it.Freeze It
You may have heard that people refrigerate their bread and it still ends up stale when they remove it. Or worse, you may be one of the unfortunate to have actually experienced the distressing situation yourself. There’s little that’s more saddening than seeing a perfect loaf going into the bin because you refrigerated it and when you removed it, it had gotten all hard, crumbly and quite inedible. All your kneading and fluffing gone to vain! Simply refrigerating bread can turn out to be disastrous as the chilly atmosphere inside the fridge absorbs all the moisture from it by a process in which the molecules crystallize, thus rendering it the crumbly and inedible attributes mentioned above. If your fridge comes with a humidity controller that can regulate the amount of moisture within the compartment, then nothing like it! It can keep bread fresh for quite a while. An alternative to simple refrigeration is to use the freezer instead. Yes, who thought two parts of the same appliance could have such opposite effects, right? Freezing bread has proven to extend its shelf life to a considerable level. So, wrap your loaf of homemade bread (sliced up to prevent post thawing slicing woes) in a freezer bag and simply place it in the freezer. When you need to use it, simply remove it, thaw it for a while and it’s good to be turned into a glorious sandwich!Store it Right
Using suitable methods and materials is of utmost importance when it comes to storing homemade bread and keeping it fresh. After all, a food item is only as good as the surrounding that it is kept in, right? Given below are some of the most popular options, tips and methods that you can use.✔ Many people suggest using foil to wrap the bread in after you have cut the slices that you need and have some of them still left in the loaf. The foil keeps the moisture intact and hence prevents it from hardening. ✔ There are a lot of varieties of zip lock bags, which are made of plastic. Using these bags to pack off the leftover bread tightly, without letting any moisture in is also recommended by many.✔ Apart from zip lock bags, you can also purchase air tight bread boxes that do not let any moisture get into them and thus keep it fresh and soft for a longer time.✔You may also want to try this idea out: instead of using plain water while making the bread, use the water that is left after you boil potatoes. It’s supposed to make the bread last longer.
Homemade bread is best when eaten fresh and straight out of the oven. However, due to some reason, (for instance, a sudden urge to keep baking non stop) it may result in it getting left over. Don’t panic and throw the it away. Just use the tips given above to keep your loaf and enjoy it the next time!
How to Keep Homemade Bread Fresh
Cocktail Party Appetizers
It is a psychological thing. The moment you serve delectable appetizers at a party, people naturally deduce that you are about to serve some of the best food on earth. They also automatically like all that you provide them with, whether or not every item is equally well prepared. So, half your battle to gastronomically satiate your guests is won. It gets even easier with cocktail parties, as you also have drinks to satisfy your guests. Of course, a few good cocktail party recipes make concoction of some of the best cocktails on earth a rather easy job and so, all you need to do is conjure some well prepared cocktail party appetizers to get everybody into that happy go-lucky-mood. So, here I give you some rather toothsome cocktail party appetizer ideas, that will neither disappoint you, nor the palates of your guests, I promise!Best Cocktail Party AppetizersCantaloupe Clumps
Increase the measurements accordingly. Now for a group of 8, you will need:
Cantaloupes, 15 lbs. (ripe)
Mint leaves, yield of 10 sprigs (finely hacked)
Granulated sugar, a pinch
Black pepper, to taste
Procedure
Cut the cantaloupes into half and then remove their seeds. Next, use a 1″ melon baller to spoon out the pulp of the fruit and keep these balls into a vessel, which will facilitate easy tossing. Now add the sugar and the hacked mint leaves to the cantaloupe balls and toss well. Finally, season it well with some freshly ground black pepper and then refrigerate this preparation for a minimum of 60 minutes. Easy, ain’t it?Fish Fries
I hail from Kolkata and am, therefore, a glutton when it comes to gorging fish. This is a preparation that no Bengali will ever say no to. Try it. It really works wonders as an appetizer. If you were to make it for 8 people, the ingredients you’d require are:
White fish, 1000 gms. (boneless, preferably bekti fish, cut into eight ½” thick fillets)
Potatoes, 8 (medium, cut into ½” thick fingers)
Flour, 2 cups
Milk, 1½ cups
Water, ½ cup (chilled)
Vinegar, 2 tbsp.
Baking powder, 1 tsp.
Chili powder, ½ tsp.
Salt, ½ tsp.
Cooking oil, enough to deep-fry
Procedure
First, deep-fry the potato fingers and set aside. Next, make the batter by mixing together flour, baking powder, chili powder, salt, milk and water. Whip this well until what you get is a smooth fluid. Now, heat oil in a frying pan and make sure it becomes piping hot. At this juncture, dip and coat each fillet piece well into the batter and slowly initiate two fillets into the oil, at a time. Fry each side for approximately 2 minutes and when it takes on its chocolate brownish avatar, remove with a slotted spoon and place it on tissues. Before serving, toss the potato fingers with the vinegar, salt and some pepper. Slice up a tomato and season it with salt and pepper. Now serve the fish fries on a big platter, surrounded by the potato fingers and tomatoes. This tastes even more heavenly with some mustard sauce and ketchup.Cheese Balls
For 8 mouths, gather,
Cheddar cheese, 7 oz. (grated)
Potatoes, 7 oz. (mashed)
Corn kernels, 5 oz. (cooked)
Yellow bell pepper, 3½ oz. (finely diced)
Breadcrumbs, 6 tbsp. (fine variety)
Refined flour, 5 tsp.
Cilantro, 2 tsp. (finely chopped)
Yellow split peas or garbanzo beans, 2 tsp.
Corn flour, 1½ tsp.
White pepper, 1 tsp.
Oil for frying
Salt, to taste
Water, as necessary
And to make the chutney, you will require:
Green chilies, 4
Lemon juice, of 1 lemon
Onion, 1 (sliced)
Mint leaves, 2 cups (chopped)
Cilantro, 1 cup (chopped)
Sugar, 1 tbsp.
Salt, to taste
Procedure
Begin by making the chutney first as you will be able to refrigerate it while you make the cheese balls later. For this, you just need to blend all the ingredients together in a mixer until you get a smooth concoction. Add a little water if you find the consistency to be a little too thick. Refrigerate it immediately in a glass bowl.
To make the cheese balls, combine the following in a big bowl – the cheese, potatoes, corn, bell pepper, the cilantro, the split peas, the white pepper, salt, a teaspoon of refined flour and half a teaspoon of corn flour. Commingle all of these really well and then make several bite-sized (about ½-inch) balls from this mixture. Now, mix the remaining corn flour and refined flour with some water and make a thick solution. Keep the oil for heating in a pan. All you then need to do is dip each ball into the flour solution first, roll it on the breadcrumbs next and then fry it. Serve these delicious cheesy delights with the fresh mint chutney.Tandoori Mushroom
For this you’ll need to rent or borrow a tandoor oven from someplace. You’ll need to gather:
Button mushrooms, 20
Curd, 500 gms.
Lemon juice, 1 tbsp.
Red chili paste, 2 tsp.
Ginger-garlic paste, 2 tsp.
Cumin powder, ½ tsp.
Indian garam masala, ½ tsp.
Salt, to taste
Procedure
Whisk together the curd, lemon juice, chili paste, ginger-garlic paste, cumin, garam masala and the salt, until you get a smooth marinade. Now dip and coat the button mushrooms well with the marinade and then pierce the mushrooms with skewers. Cook them until they are golden brown. Now remove them from the skewers and use a toothpick to prick each of them before serving with some shredded veggies and mint chutney.Crispy Mushrooms in Black Pepper Sauce
This baby won’t take up more than 15 minutes of your precious time! Now for a single person, you’d need:
Button mushrooms, 10
Cornflour, 20 gms.
Black pepper powder, 10 gms.
Butter, 10 gms.
Sugar, 5 gms.
Salt, 2 gms.
Tomato ketchup, 20 ml
HP sauce, 5 ml
Soy sauce, 3 ml
Spring roll sheet, 1
Procedure
Deep-fry the spring roll sheet into a crumpled bowl like bird nest shape and then keep it aside. Next, blend together the black pepper, butter, sugar, salt, ketchup and HP sauce thoroughly in a wok and then heat it to get a desirable sauce-like consistency. Now go on to washing the mushrooms and then commingling them with the cornflour. Now heat oil and deep-fry the mushrooms until they crispen. Finally, pour the black pepper condiment onto the mushrooms, stir once and cover to cook for a while. After that, place the preparation in the crumpled spring roll sheet and gobble away to glory people!Angels and Devils on Horseback
The name itself is rather tantalizing, isn’t it? See that you have:
Oysters (freshly shucked) or duck kidneys, 12
Rasher of bacon, 12
Dry white wine, 100 ml
Garlic clove, 1 (chopped)
Tabasco, a dash
Salt and pepper, to taste
Procedure
Pour the wine into a big bowl and mix the garlic, salt and pepper with it. Now, marinate the kidneys (devils) or shucked oysters (angels) with the concoction, for like 20 minutes after which you need to wrap each piece of kidney or oysters with a rasher of bacon and secure it with a toothpick. Now, pan-fry each side for approximately two minutes. When the bacon becomes crispy, serve them with a tantalizing dash of Tabasco! Believe me this is one of those appetizers, good enough to get you to sprout a pair of wings or even a naughty tail with the sexiest pair of horns for that matter…
So, confidently make these preparations a part of your cocktail party appetizer menu. Some of them being exotic gourmet appetizers, will leave your guests hankering for more. If you effectively team these luscious cocktail party appetizers with some great cocktails to sip, nothing on earth can stop your party to become the most talked about party in town!
Cocktail Party Appetizers