Golden Bread Food

GOLDEN SANTA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat milk, water and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in eggs until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 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., Preheat oven to 350°. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 2 portions, 1 slightly larger than the other. , Shape the larger portion into an elongated triangle with rounded corners for Santa's head and hat. , Divide the smaller portion in half. Shape and flatten 1 half into a beard. Place beard over face; using a sharp knife, cut deep slits to resemble hair. , Use the remaining dough for the mustache, nose, eyebrows, hat pompom and brim. Shape a portion of dough into a mustache; flatten and place on face over beard. Using sharp knife, cut slits to resemble hair. Place a small ball above mustache for nose. With scissors, cut 2 slits for eyes; insert raisins into slits. Form another small portion of dough into eyebrows; flatten and place above eyes. Roll out a narrow piece of dough to create a hat brim; position below hat. Fold tip of hat over and add dough ball for pompom. If desired, using scissors or sharp knife, cut small lines along edges of brim and pompom to resemble fur., In separate small bowls, beat each egg yolk. Add red food coloring to 1 yolk; carefully brush over hat. Brush plain yolk over remaining dough., Cover loosely with foil. Bake 15 minutes. Uncover; bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.

GOLDEN THREAD BREAD

Steps:

• Combine sweet potatoes and raisins (or cranberries -- add as many as you like). Sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix lightly and set aside.
• Combine flour, 1 c sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and mace (or nutmeg). Sift together into a large bowl.
• Cut shortening (or butter) into dry ingredients with a pastry blender (or two butter knives) until pea-sized bits form.
• Beat egg in a small bowl. Add orange juice and water. Fold liquid into dry ingredients by hand until flour is just moistened. Fold in sweet potato mixture.
• Place batter in a greased 9x5 loaf pan. Combine 1 tb sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle on top.
• Bake at 350F for 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool on rack.
• NOTES: This recipe takes a small sweet potato or half of a large one. The original called for two 9x5 loaf pans and baking for 40 minutes, but I like the bigger single loaf. The substitutions in parentheses are also my changes from the original.

CANADIAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon together until the mixture is completely blended and smooth.
• Stir the milk into the egg mixture until it is fully incorporated.
• Place the slices of bread into the egg mixture, turn them over to coat all the surfaces, and allow the bread to soak for 5 minutes.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet set over medium heat. Cook 2 slices of soaked bread in the melted butter for 3 minutes.
• Turn the slices of French toast over and cook them for an additional 3 minutes, until they are golden brown and lightly crispy on each side.
• Repeat with the remaining butter and soaked bread. Serve with maple syrup to taste.

GOLDEN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 inch square pan with butter or cooking spray.
• Place bread cubes in pan.
• In a large bowl beat eggs.
• Stir in rest of ingredients.
• Pour over bread cubes.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes.
• Serve warm or chilled.
• Really good with whipped cream.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

GOLDEN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

ANNIE GOLDEN BREAD

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water. Cover with a towel and set aside for about 15 minutes. When you come back it should be ready.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the milk, the olive oil, 4 cups of the flour and the salt; stir until well combined.
• Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
• When the dough has pulled together but is still sticky, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.
• Lightly oil a large mixing bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
• While the bread is rising get your butter garlic mixture ready and grate your cheeses.
• Take a mass of garlic, a head is not too much and saute it in a stick of butter until it is lightly brown and the butter is reeking of garlicky goodness. If desired, chop 10 anchovies and throw them in the butter. (Pesto also works, play with it.).
• The cheese; whatever you've got, although the sharper the better. 3 to 5 cups and some pine nuts if you have them, a few chopped olives are good too.
• Get your biggest springform pan out and put a sheet of parchment in the bottom, oil the sides.
• Oil your hands and pick the dough a ball at a time, roll in your hand, dip in the butter and place into the pan, keep doing it leaving about 1/2 inch of space between the balls. Got a layer? Take big handfuls of cheese and throw it over the whole thing. Pine nuts and olives, throw then in now too.
• Hungry yet?.
• Do it again.
• At the end you should have about 3 layers of cheese and bread.
• Cover and set aside for an hour or so until it is springy.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Bake for about 50 minutes until is is puffy and golden and just a touch crisp on top.
• When you serve it to your guests let them grab the balls by hand and tear the bread apart. It will give you a chance to tell them the story of a little girl from Brooklyn singing in a rock band in the East Village who got discovered by Milos Forman and cast in the film Hair.