Golden Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Combine sweet potatoes and raisins (or cranberries -- add as many as you like). Sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix lightly and set aside.
• Combine flour, 1 c sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and mace (or nutmeg). Sift together into a large bowl.
• Cut shortening (or butter) into dry ingredients with a pastry blender (or two butter knives) until pea-sized bits form.
• Beat egg in a small bowl. Add orange juice and water. Fold liquid into dry ingredients by hand until flour is just moistened. Fold in sweet potato mixture.
• Place batter in a greased 9x5 loaf pan. Combine 1 tb sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle on top.
• Bake at 350F for 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool on rack.
• NOTES: This recipe takes a small sweet potato or half of a large one. The original called for two 9x5 loaf pans and baking for 40 minutes, but I like the bigger single loaf. The substitutions in parentheses are also my changes from the original.

Steps:

• In a bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Check around 45-50 min.
• Combine the glaze ingredients; immediately pour over warm bread. Cool completely before removing from pan.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer.
• Select basic bread setting.
• Choose crust color and loaf size if available.
• Bake according to bread machine directions.

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water. Cover with a towel and set aside for about 15 minutes. When you come back it should be ready.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the milk, the olive oil, 4 cups of the flour and the salt; stir until well combined.
• Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
• When the dough has pulled together but is still sticky, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.
• Lightly oil a large mixing bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
• While the bread is rising get your butter garlic mixture ready and grate your cheeses.
• Take a mass of garlic, a head is not too much and saute it in a stick of butter until it is lightly brown and the butter is reeking of garlicky goodness. If desired, chop 10 anchovies and throw them in the butter. (Pesto also works, play with it.).
• The cheese; whatever you've got, although the sharper the better. 3 to 5 cups and some pine nuts if you have them, a few chopped olives are good too.
• Get your biggest springform pan out and put a sheet of parchment in the bottom, oil the sides.
• Oil your hands and pick the dough a ball at a time, roll in your hand, dip in the butter and place into the pan, keep doing it leaving about 1/2 inch of space between the balls. Got a layer? Take big handfuls of cheese and throw it over the whole thing. Pine nuts and olives, throw then in now too.
• Hungry yet?.
• Do it again.
• At the end you should have about 3 layers of cheese and bread.
• Cover and set aside for an hour or so until it is springy.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Bake for about 50 minutes until is is puffy and golden and just a touch crisp on top.
• When you serve it to your guests let them grab the balls by hand and tear the bread apart. It will give you a chance to tell them the story of a little girl from Brooklyn singing in a rock band in the East Village who got discovered by Milos Forman and cast in the film Hair.

Steps:

• Combine the butter, cheese, garlic and basil; spread over cut sides of bread. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Broil 4 in. from the heat until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Cut into 3-in. pieces.