Blue Ribbon Poppy Seed Cheese Bread Food

SWISS POPPY SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Cut loaf of French bread into 10 slices, 3/4 of the way through.
• Insert slices of Swiss Cheese between each of the bread slices.
• Saute onion in butter until transparent, not brown.
• Add poppy seed to butter.
• Spoon butter/onion/poppy seed mixture between the slices of bread and cheese.
• Wrap in foil.
• Bake at 300 degrees until the cheese melts and the bread is hot throughout, about 20-25 minutes.

BLUE RIBBON BREAD MACHINE BREAD

Steps:

• Place the water into the bread pan. Spoon in honey then the yeast over the water; allow the yeast to foam for 10 minutes.
• Add oil, butter. Add in flour and salt. Select the dough setting and press start. Remove from machine; cover and let rest 10 minutes.
• Shape into loaves or a boule or a batard; cover with cloth. Place in oven that was turned on to 200* and turned off. Leave the door open first 5 minutes. Let rise 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and set it to 400*; slash you loaves 2-3 times. When ready place bread inside for 10 minutes; reduce to 350* for 20 minutes. Spray with water a couple of time at beginning of baking. Instant thermometer reads 200*, it's done.

BLUE CHEESE AND POPPYSEED BISCUITS

Steps:

• Process the flour, butter and cheese until mixture forms a soft ball.
• Shape mix into a log (4cm in diameter) place log in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.
• Remove log from plastic, roll in poppyseeds, cut into 5mm slices (rounds) & place the rounds about 3cm apart on ungreased oven trays. Sprinkle rounds with a little sea salt.
• Bake rounds in a moderately hot oven for approx 15 minutes or until lightly browned, cool on trays before removing.
• Store in airtight container for 3-4 days.

SOURDOUGH PARTY CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Cut the bread lengthwise and widthwise without cutting through the bottom crust. Insert cheese between cuts. Combine butter, garlic, onions and poppy seeds; drizzle over the bread. Sprinkle lightly with pepper. Wrap in foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Unwrap, and bake 10 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted. Looks so pretty when it fans out a little! Enjoy!!

SWISS POPPY SEED BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Cut a piece of aluminum foil large enough to hold the French bread loaf and a couple inches extra on each end.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• 3. With a serrated knife, slice the bread diagonally in 1-inch slices.
• 4. Place the bread in the middle of the aluminum foil.
• 5. Insert half of a Swiss cheese slice between each slice of bread.
• 6. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Turn the heat to low.
• 7. To the butter, add the minced onion, mustard, lemon juice, poppy seed and season salt.
• 8. Remove the saucepan from the stove, and pour a little bit of the mixture between each slice.
• 9. At this point, if you wanted to turn this into a sandwich, you would place a piece of deli ham between each slice of bread.
• 10. Wrap the aluminum foil around the bread, but do not cover it completely.
• 11. Bake for 30 minutes.
• 12. Remove the bread from the oven and serve immediately. This bread is addictive!