I love bread bowls but hate spending money on them. I especially love them with soups! The weather has been a little colder this week so what better time than now to try some! I found this yummy recipe and gave it a whirl.
Ingredients
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast ( 4 1/2 tsp)
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees to 115 degrees)
- 1 cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 6 cups bread flour
- Cornmeal
Directions
- In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, shortening, sugar, eggs, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into eight pieces; shape each into a ball. Grease two baking sheets and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place four balls 3 in. apart on each prepared pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
- For bread bowls, cut a thin slice off the top of bread. Hollow out bottom half, leaving a 1/4-in. shell (discard removed bread or save for another use). Fill with chili, chowder or stew.
You can make this with a bread machine too. I just put everything in my bread machine because I didn't feel like kneading it. Put liquids first, then dry and make a well in the flour for the yeast and set it on the dough cycle. Before it got to the rise cycle I took it out and put it in a greased bowl.
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