Thursday, November 22, 2012

Buttered Herb Swirl Bread

Holy amazing bread batman!! Makes two loaves, bread has a hint of sweetness to it, with all the good things about herbs and garlic involved.  Great for the holidays or to spruce up a weeknight dinner of spaghetti!

Here's what you'll need:
4-5 cups of bread flour
2 1/4 tsp of dry yeast
1/4 cup of sugar
1 1/4 cups of milk
1/3 cup of butter, cut up
2 eggs
1 tsp of salt

For the gooey part:
A few tsps of dried oregano (and you're free to use whatever other herb you'd like, or add to this)
a few tblsps of softened butter
some garlic powder

*I'm really lax about the filling, as you can swap it out, amp up the flavors by adding more of the garlic, but you get the basic idea, right?*

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt.  In a small saucepan, heat milk and butter to about 120 degrees.  Add the milk to the dry ingredients, add eggs and beat by hand until smooth.  Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.  Knead by hand for about 10 minutes to get all the flour incorporated.  Let rise in a warm place for about an hour.  When doubled, punch down and divide into two portions.

In a small bowl, combine the filling.  Roll the dough out on a floured surface into a rectangle.  Spread butter and herbs.  Then starting at the shortest side, furthest away from you, roll up.  Pinch the seams close, place in a heavily buttered loaf pan, seam side down.  Let rise for about an hour.  These loaves will most likely NOT rise up above the top of the loaf pans. 

Bake at 350 for approximately 25 minutes.  Let cool completely before slicing!

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