Holiday Cheese Bread

Enjoy tasty Holiday Cheese Bread as a compliment to your special meal. Kitchen Kimberly demonstrates a recipe from the Tastefully Oklahoma cookbook. Sales benefit area food banks.

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 2:53 pm

By: News On 6

From Tastefully Oklahoma, Recipes featuring Made in Oklahoma Products

Ingredients:

4 ¾ - 5 ¼ c. Shawnee Best all-purpose flour, divided use

2 tbsp. sugar

2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

2 pkgs. Dry active yeast

1 ½ c. Hiland buttermilk

¾ c. water

2 tbsp. Hiland or Braum's butter

1 c. cheddar cheese, coarsely shredded

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 tbsp. Hiland or Braum's milk

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix 1 ½ c. flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and undissolved dry active yeast.

2. Combine buttermilk, water and butter in saucepan. Heat over low heat until liquids are very warm (120 to 130 degrees F.)

3. Gradually add liquid mixture to dry ingredients; beat 1 minute with electric mixer at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Add 1 cup flour. Beat at high speed for 2 minutes.

4. Stir in cheese and enough flour to make stiff dough.

5. Turn out onto a lightly floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 7 to 10 minutes). Divide dough in half and shape into two round loaves.

6. Place on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled (about 1 hour).

7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

8. Mix egg and milk, then brush on loaves and bake 40 to 45 minutes or until done.

9. Place loaves on wire rack to cool.

Find out more about the Made In Oklahoma Cookbook which benefits area food banks to help feed Oklahoma's hungry.