Jalapeno, Cheese, Sour Cream Bread
- 2 teaspoons yeast, active dry
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup milk luckwarm
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 1/4 cups bread flour or half whole wheat flour, and half all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon beau monde seasoning or salt
- 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chives dried
- 1 tablespoon cumin ground
- 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup sweet red bell peppers chopped
- 1/4 cup jalapeno pepper chopped
- For bread machine:
- Place all of first-part ingredients in breadmaker, set for regular (or white) bread, and start machine.
- When beeper sounds, add cheese and peppers.
- With the cheese and sour cream, this makes a nice brown loaf of tasty bread.
- For regular loaf pan:
- In a bowl, add yeast, sugar and warm milk, and give it a stir.
- Let stand for about 10 minutes until foamy.
- In a large bowl with an electric dough kneader, add sour cream, flour, salt, butter or olive oil, chives and cumins.
- Mix with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Add activated yeast mixture into the bowl, put on the dough hook, and knead for 4 to 6 minutes until the dough is elastic and smooth.
- You may need add more flour or milk to achieve the right consistency.
- Turn the dough onto a floured surface, and knead by hand for another two minutes.
- Oil the bowl well, then place the dough in the oiled bowl, turn once to make sure to coat with oil on all sides.
- Cover with a plastic wrap or a damp clean kitchen towel.
- Let is rise in a warm place until double in volume, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- Pouch dough down, turn the dough onto a floured surface, and knead both of the cheeses, jalapeno and bell peppers into the dough.
- Divide the dough into half.
- To make loaves:
- Brush or spray two loaf pans with oil or cooking spray.
- Stretch it with your fingers into a fat coil, 9 to 10-inch long.
- Arrange two logs side by side and wrap one around the other to make a twist.
- Place in a loaf pan and gently press down to let the dough touches all the sides of the pan.
- Repeat with the second loaf.
- Let the loaves rise until double in size again, another 1 hour.
- To make muffin shaped bread:
- Grease or spray 12-cup muffin tins with oil or cooking spray.
- Divide dough into 12 equal portions.
- Roll each portion into a ball, place the ball into one muffin cup.
- Repeat until all the balls are in the muffin tin.
- Let rise until double in size again, 30 minutes to 1 hout.
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- Bake loaves for about 40 minutes and muffins about 25 minutes, until the top is browned.
- Let cool in pan and/or tin for about 10 minutes on a wire rack.
- Remove from pan onto wire rack and let cool completely.
- The bread can be kept in an air-tight container in the freezer for up to 1 month.
yeast, sugar, milk, sour cream, bread flour, salt, butter, chives, cumin ground, mozzarella cheese, sweet red bell peppers, jalapeno pepper
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/jalapeno-cheese-sour-cream-brea-32329 (may not work)