Edible Picnic Basket Bread Machine Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Mix cheese, spinach, chicken, onion, and 1/4 teaspoon salt for filling.
• Set aside.
• Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
• Mix yeast mixture, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 cup flour in a mixing bowl.
• Gradually add 1 1/2 cups flour to dough.
• Knead dough until smooth, using other 1/2 cup flour if dough is sticky.
• Roll dough into a 16 x 10-inch rectangle.
• Spread filling down the middle of dough.
• Bring dough edges together and seal.
• Place seam-side down on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Brush bread with egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake at 375° for 40 minutes.
• Serve warm, or cool and refrigerate.

Steps:

• Remove dough from the machine after the dough or manual cycle is completed.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, and carefully form into a ball without punching down.
• Place onto greased cookie sheet and let rise about one hour or until doubled in size.
• Brush with beaten egg and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool.
• Hollow out cooled bread like a pumpkin, reserving"lid" to put back on.
• Butter inside and fill with: i.e. fried chicken.
• Replace lid and wrap in heavy duty foil, then news paper, then foil again.
• Bread and chicken will stay warm all day!
• Success Hints: Use to make edible soup bowls.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, almonds and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with an electric mixer til light and fluffy.
• Add flour mixture, beating until dough forms about 2 minutes.
• Roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness.
• Use a 1-1/2" cookie cutter with scalloped edges and cut out shapes.
• Making the basket: Cover the outside of a loaf pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Cover the pan with the dough cutouts (overlapping slightly) and pressing gently.
• Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the edges are firm.
• Cool completely before removing the cookie basket.
• You can mold the cookie dough around different shaped oven-proof bowls too.