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3/06/2012

Shamrock Spinach Cheese Bread. Happy St. Patrick's day!!



Here is the vivid green bread for St. Patrick's Day!
I used a fridge for the second rise so that I can make the dough at night and just bake it in the morning to enjoy the fresh baked breads to start a day!


Spinach has a lot of health benefit.
Found a great article about spinach! Here is the link:
http://www.well-beingsecrets.com/spinach-health-benefits/




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★Shamrock Spinach Cheese Bread★

Bread flour 250g
Spinach 1bag(about 80g)
water 70g
Soy milk 40g
Sugar 20g
salt 3g
Dry yeast 3g
butter 5g
Shredded cheese

Place spinach in a large pot of boiling water. Cook about 3mins.
Drain well, placing it on paper towels and squeeze.
Mix the spinach and soymilk together in a blender.
Place the spinach mix and all the ingredients but cheese in a bread machine and mix, knead and let it rise on DOUGH mode.
When it's done, divide the dough into 4 and roll each portion into a ball.
Cover with wet paper towels and rest for 15mins.
Make each into a oval shape. (about 15cm)
Put the cheese on the middle.
Fold left and right sides toward the center.
Fold the bottom and top together(folded side inside) and make a rounded triangle shape
Cut the middle, making the top 1/3 part left.
Open from the middle and make a heart shape.
Place shaped dough in a plastic container and rest it in a fridge over night.(make sure to use a lid)
(Should be doubled in the next morning. If not, leave it in a room temperature until nearly doubled)




Bake in the oven at 400F for about 15 mins.

3/05/2012

HOT "DOGS"




★How to make the dog bread★

Make the dough from your favorite bread recipe, using a bread maker.
Select DOUGH mode.
When it's done, push all the air out of the dough with your hands.
Divide it into 10(if you make the dough with about 250g flour) and roll each into a ball. Cover with wet paper towels and rest for 15mins.
Make each into a oval shape.
Cut with a knife to make the ears of the dogs, and let the dough rise until about double in size.
After the rise, make eyes and noses with black beans.
Bake for about 10 mins at 400F.



adapted from http://cookpad.com/recipe/1196284