Herbed Potato Cheese Bread Recipe
- 1 c. plus 1 tbsp. milk4 1/2 to 5 c. unsifted flour
- 2 pkg. active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 c. mashed potatoes
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound string or possibly Mozzarella cheese
- 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 lg. egg
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- In a small saucepan, heat 1 c. lowfat milk just till bubbles appear around the side of pan.
- Remove from heat; transfer to a large bowl and cold to 110 to 115 degrees.
- Add in 1 c. flour, yeast, and sugar; stir till completely blended.
- Set aside 20 min; mix will become foamy and rise.
- Add in 3 c. flour, potatoes, butter and salt to yeast mix.
- With wooden spoon, stir till a manageable dough is formed.
- Turn out onto floured surface and knead dough.
- Gradually add in remaining flour, if necessary, till smooth and elastic, 12-14 min.
- Oil a mixing bowl.
- Place dough in bowl, turning to bring greased side up.
- Cover with cloth, let rise in hot place till doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- On floured surface, roll dough to 18-inch round.
- Unravel string cheese and pull apart to make thinner strands.
- If using shredded Mozzarella, leave as is.
- Put cheese in bowl and add in thyme and rosemary.
- Mound cheese mix in center of dough, leaving a 6-inch border of dough.
- Gently pull up edge of dough and bring to center allowing dough to mix in a spiral fashion.
- Cover the cheese and herbs.
- Healthy pinch ends of dough at center to close bread and create a "top knot."
- Transfer bread to a greased pizza pan.
- Cover and let rise 45 min.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In small bowl, beat together egg and remaining Tbsp.
- of lowfat milk.
- Brush top of bread with egg mix and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
- Bake 55 to 60 min or possibly till golden and center is hard.
- Cold bread 20 min on wire rack before cutting.
- Serve hot.
active dry yeast, sugar, potatoes, butter, salt, string, thyme, rosemary, egg, poppy seeds
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/herbed-potato-cheese-bread-35493 (may not work)