I Tried A New Bread Recipe

This is a No-Knead Jalapeno Cheddar Artisan Bread recipe that I got from the Chef-in-Training site. It came out really good according to some of the grandkids..I did do a little taste test but I'm not a jalapeno fan and tried to avoid the peppers (it didn't work). I really liked the "crumb" in the bread and I may try it again without the "heat".  It was fun to try something different!!  Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day.......

Dilly, Dilly

I made some Dilly Casserole Bread this morning and my house smells so good!!  This recipe was a Pillsbury Bake-off winner in 1960..It was made and entered by Leona Schnuelle from Crab Orchard, Nebraska and she won $25,000!!!  My Gramma was the one that first made this in our family.  My husband hated cottage cheese but this was one of his favorite breads..we didn't tell him it had cottage cheese in it, until after he tried and like it. :-) 

Ready to add the remaining flour and knead a little bit.

All ready to raise the first time. When I get ready to make some bread, I turn the oven light on. Then I can preheat my oven to 100 degrees, shut it off and open the door. By the time my dough is ready to rise, my oven is warm and I put my dough in there, close the door and let it raise.

I put my Pumpkin silicon lid on the bowl and it keeps it air tight. I love these lids, they are so handy!!

They call this bread, a "batter" bread as you really don't need to knead it....but I do. I don't make it into a loaf but I make buns..They make a wonderful sandwich or just plain with a smattering of butter.  Here is the recipe that I use:   Dilly Casserole Bread
(2) 1 pkg. yeast                                     (4 t.) 2 t. dill seed
(1/2) 1/4 cup warm water                     (2 t.) 1 t. salt
(2 C.) 1 cup creamed cottage cheese    (1/2 t.) 1/4 t. baking soda
(4 T.) 2 T. sugar                                     (2) 1 egg
(2 T.) 1 T. instant minced onion            (5 C.) 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups of flour (I use bread flour)
(2 T.) 1 T. butter (the ingredients in parentheses is for a double batch)

Dissolve yeast in water. Heat cottage cheese to lukewarm. Combine sugar, onion, butter, dill seed, salt, baking soda and egg in a bowl with cheese and yeast mixture.  Add flour to form stiff dough.  Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk.  Stir down dough. Turn into well greased 1 1/2 qt. casserole or 8 inch round pan. Let rise 30 - 40 minutes or until light.  Bake in 350 degree oven 40-50 minutes. Brush with butter and sprinkle with salt. Makes 1 loaf.  (As you can see by the pictures, I make buns, and I cook each pan 10 minutes and then I switch around the pans on the oven grates and cook another 10 minutes. 20 minutes total for the buns. Doubled recipe makes about 22-24 buns)
Sew until next time, have a great day and try making some Dilly Bread!!!!

What I Made Today

January has been uninspiring to me, I just can't seem to wind myself up to get anything accomplished..but today, I made bread. Two loaves of French Bread and I ate some, now I tired and again, I don't want to do anything constructive. Oh well, January will be over in just a couple of days and maybe February will bring back my mojo!!!  Sew until next time.............................

Love At First Bite

Homemade Raspberry Jam made by my friend, Jill C. and given to me for Christmas...it's delicious!!!  I love my toast and jam and my friends too!!!...Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day................................

Petite Cinnamon Rolls

ready to bake

 I made some tiny, petite cinnamon rolls today for a quilt guild meeting in the morning. I've never made rolls quite this small before, they should be about 2 or 3 bites, depends on the person, I guess.

 baked

frosted

 

 

Sure hope the gals like them......Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day.....

Artisan Bread-My First Loaves

I was reading Esther's Blog the other day and she was talking about baking Artisan Bread and how easy and how good it is. I've been making bread since I was in high school but have never tried this method.  It is easy and it is good. I used a 10" cast iron griddle to bake mine on and it really worked fine. The picture shows both loaves on the griddle but I only cooked one loaf at a time on it. I just think it looks so darn pretty. Well, that's it for tonight, just wanted to show you my bread...you should try it.  Check out Esther's blog right here: http://estheraliu.blogspot.com/2012/05/rainy-day-artisan-bread.html  Not only does looking at her bread, make you want to make some but she has some awesome applique patterns..I think her applique is one of the best!!! Sew I hope you had a Stitches kind of day.....see ya soon...

It Was a Good Bread Day!!

This is what I made this afternoon, 2 loaves of braided bread and a loaf of Focaccia...it is also the same thing that I made yesterday and it will be the same thing that I will make tomorrow.  And hopefully, that will be enough bread for my family for Thanksgiving!! It will all go into the freezer until next Thursday.  Ymmmm!!  It smells so good in my house right now, I could gnaw my arm off. I wonder why I didn't make myself a little dinner roll? but I didn't so I guess the smell will have to satisfy me tonight. Maybe I can remember to do that tomorrow!!

Sew until next time, have a "Stitches" kind of evening..

Happy, Happy New Year!!

I just had to jump on here and wish everyone a Happy New Year because I wanted to say that today is 1-1-11 and we won't ever be able to say or write that again..I didn't do much today, infact, I didn't even stick my nose outside. It was so cold and it just felt nice to be inside and keep warm. I was reading the Pioneer Woman's blog and ran across her Cinnamon Swirl Bread, it looked so good that I jumped right up and went to the kitchen and made it.  I have already had 2 pieces and another may be in order before I go to bed...;-) I embroidered on one of the panels of the Crabapple Hill pattern "Over the River and Through the Woods". I am going to post on it and tell you how I am doing it and what products that I'm using. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow, if I'm not to full of Cinnamon Swirl Bread, yummmmy stuff.

Hey, come on over and have a piece with me, I'll put the coffee pot on.  Until next time, I hope you had a "Stitches" kind of day.

It's Going to be a White Christmas

 Little lantern light my way.

Well, I no longer have to dream about having a White Christmas, it arrived during the night and it really is beautiful and here are some pictures to prove it. It was a gentle and moist snow and it stuck to everything, bushes, trees, power lines, weeds, grasses and etc. The pictures above are my Redbud tree then and now, hmmm, I think I actually prefer the "then" but the "now" isn't all that bad, really!!!

Well, I just got a phone call from grandson, Nathan, and he thinks his sour-dough sponge needs some attention so I best go help him, hmmmm and pretend that I know what I'm doing..guess we 'might' have sour-dough bread sometime in the next day or two.. I'll let you know how it comes out.  I want to wish anyone of is reading this "A Very Merry Christmas Eve and Christmas Day". Until next time, I hope you will have a "Stitches" kind of day, they are the best.  Love