This is one of the recipes I invented using leftover cream cheese and cottage cheese. The cheeses in the bread make the loaf soft and chewy. The dill adds a unique, lightly herbal flavor so that this bread is a perfect go-along for your favorite pasta or fish dinner. Recipe for garlic dill bread makes one loaf.
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp dill seeds
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp butter, soft
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour, about
Preparation:
- In bowl, mix together dill, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sugar, and salt.
- Add warm water and yeast and stir until yeast is dissolved.
- Mix in garlic powder, butter, and enough flour to make a stiff dough.
- Turn dough out onto floured board and knead for 8 minutes. If dough is too sticky, knead in more flour, a tablespoon at a time.
- Place dough in greased bowl. Flip dough over so that top is lightly greased.
- Cover and let dough rise in warm place for about an hour or until double in size.
- Punch down dough. Turn out on lightly floured board and knead dough briefly.
- Shape dough into oval loaf.
- Grease baking sheet. Sprinkle sheet with cornmeal, optional.
- Place loaf on baking sheet, cover, and let rise for about 45 minutes or until double in size.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped on.
- Remove from oven and let loaf cool on rack.
- Loaf can be wrapped in plastic and frozen for later.
