…is to make bread. (Well, maybe cake…) And I have been making a lot of bread lately. For the guys I usually just make a plain white bread, but I like “think outside” the bread box and try different types.
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Cheddar Cheese Bread
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1 cup water or milk
1 Tbl butter
1 Tbl sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups bread flour
2 1/2 tsp yeast
Place in bread machine in order specified by your machine. You can add the cheese now – 3/4 cup cheddar – or use the Fruit/Nut cycle and add the cheese at the beep. At the beep will give you more visible cheese.
I usually use just the dough cycle and then bake free form on a stone, but either way is good.
It is a good basic cheese bread – great for grilled sandwiches because it brings out the flavor of the cheese more. I would actually add MORE cheese next time as the taste was rather subtle.
Recipe came from, “The Bread Machine Cookbook” by Donna Rathmell German (1991)
But I also made Hamburger Buns this week using the basic white bread recipe. I have posted the White Bread Recipe before – HERE – and it made some good buns. Sixteen to be exact.
- Remove the dough from the machine and allow to rest a few minutes.
Knead gently into a cylinder and cut into 16 even portions.
Gently roll each portion into a ball and press into a flattened round shape on the counter using your hand in a rotating motion. (At this point you could brush the tops with an egg wash.)
Place on baking stone and bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until internal temp is 190.
Remove them from the baking sheet to cool on a wire rack.
You’ll have to wait to see how to make home-made potato chips. Submitted to Yeast Spotting
August 7, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Ive gotta say…cheese bread and homemade burger buns?? Just doesn’t get any better than that!
August 8, 2009 at 1:29 PM
I need a bread machine some kinda bad. The burger buns look wonderful.
August 8, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Ooh, the cheese bread sounds yummy. And I love making my own hamburger buns. I’ve tried several different recipes, all good. It’s probably better that I don’t know how to make the potato chips. I love them way too much. =)
August 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM
I have always wanted to make hamburger buns, yours look fabulous! 🙂
August 9, 2009 at 2:35 AM
“Think outside the bread box” -I love it! You’ll have to try Dan Lepard’s Milk Loaf sometime, it’s a really great white farm bread. I add a bit of oat flour and rye flour to it these days (but it’s pretty undetectable to white bread lovers). I haven’t blogged it yet, but Audrey has.
August 9, 2009 at 1:24 PM
The cheese bread sounds fantastic!
August 10, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Cheese bread is always good! It sounds delicious. YUM.
August 10, 2009 at 11:00 PM
The bread and the hamburger buns look delicious. You can always send some my way!
August 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM
A grilled sandwich made with cheese bread sounds just perfect. Beautiful burger too, and those chips look so much better than Lay’s.
August 14, 2009 at 7:03 AM
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August 14, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Great looking burger with that home made bun!
September 27, 2009 at 2:20 AM
Love your cheddar cheese bread. You should submit it to the bread contest on my site. The winner gets a $179 Super Bread bread knife from New West Knifeworks. You can get more info here:
http://www.phamfatale.com/id_516/title_Pham-Fatale-Bread-Contest/
Let me know if you’re interested. All I need is a photo of your bread (for voting) and the link to your recipe.
March 24, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Awesome! Inspiring! I’m trying this!