Saturday, April 23, 2011

What's For Dinner?

Poppy Seed Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
Recipe:
2 envelopes of quick-rising dry yeast 
1/3 cup plus ¼ teaspoon sugar, divided
1 cup warm water
2/3 cup whole milk, room temperature 
¼ cup oil 
1 egg
1 tbs poppy seed
5 1/3 cup all purpose flour, divided 
1 cup unsalted butter, chilled 
3 tbs unsalted butter, melted
Non-Stick spray  
Extra Poppy Seeds for garnish

Instructions:
1. In a mixer bowl dissolve quick-rising dry yeast and sugar in warm water and let it stand 
until the mixture is slightly foamy.
2. Attach the dough hook to the mixer and turn to speed 2, add milk, oil, 
egg, sugar, poppy seeds and salt.
3. Mix well until everything is combined - 
about 30 seconds.
4. Gradually add flour to the batter and mix it until its 
smooth for about 1 minute
5. Combine flour and chilled butter in a food processor or you can use a 
pastry cutter until the mixture resembles a coarse 
meal add this to the batter in the mixing bowl.
6. Turn to speed 2 and mix until the dry ingredients 
are incorporated.
7. Knead on speed 2 until smooth, 
about 2 minutes longer.
8. Add up to 1/3 of a cup of flour more if the dough remains sticky.
9. Remove the bowl from the mixer and cover with a towel and 
let it rise in a warm place for 30 minutes 
or until the dough nearly doubles 
in size.
10. Now coat 2 12-cup muffin tins with non stick 
cooking spray or butter.
11. On a floured surface knead dough for about 4 minutes until the 
dough is smooth and elastic.
12. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions and place one portion 
on a floured surface and refrigerate 
the remaining portions.
13. Roll out the dough to a 12x12x1/8-inch rectangle.
14. Cut the dough lengthwise into 6 2-inch strips and stack the 
strips to form 6 layers.
15. Cut the stacks into 6 equal portions, each about 2 inch squares.
16. Place each stack on their edge, cut side down in the prepared
 muffin cups. Repeat with the
 remaining dough sections.
17. Cover with a towel and let the dough rise in a warm place for 
30 minutes or until nearly doubles in size.
18. After it has risen preheat your oven to 350 F.
19. Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter 
and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
20. Pop in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.

You can go here to watch the video. Very fun!! 

In Provo there is a bakery that we love, Shirley's and they have the best pull-aparts.  
I am not going to make sweet rolls for 
dinner tomorrow but will 
make these Poppy Seed Pull-Aparts  
instead.  

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Love,
Grammy T.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Baked Lemon Cheesecake


I know that I promised the trip to The Bean Museum 
with Beck and The Twins 
to my family. 

But this recipe is so gorgeous 
I had to share. 

Nami-Nami says to use Digestive Biscuits. 

I wrote and asked her if that was Tums 
or Graham Crackers. 

Love,
Grammy T.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fun and Yummy Sourdough Bread


I am having so much fun with this No-Knead Bread recipe that I decided to share some pictures and updates since my post a couple of days ago.

I decided to make a sourdough start and use it instead of yeast in my recipe. I used whole wheat flour, a few raisins and water for my sourdough start. The raisins help to get a natural yeast going in the start.  

As you can see I have been using whole wheat flour that I ground and keep in the freezer. I use cold water not hot because I want it to warm up on its own.  I am using the Country Bread Recipe from Kathy at Eating the Rainbow:

Try it I think you will really like it. I really do love playing with different cultures and this is the easiest bread and prettiest that I have ever made. 

Here are two more videos for you to see to help you get a bunch of pretty and yummy bread: