My Mamas Dilly Bread Food

NO-FAIL DILLY BREAD

Steps:

• Blend the cottage cheese until mostly smooth.
• In a large bowl, combine the blended cottage cheese, honey, butter, and egg. Whisk until smooth. Add the everything bagel seasoning, dried dill, flour, baking soda, and yeast. Using a fork or Danish whisk, combine the ingredients into a wet shaggy dough. Mix until the dough just begins to clear the sides of the bowl. Drizzle with neutral oil and cover to allow the dough to rest for one hour.
• After one hour, preheat the oven to 350°F. Do not worry about making sure the dough is doubled in size. Punch down and knead it into a ball. Place the ball on parchment paper in a 4-quart Dutch oven or 4-quart oven-safe bowl. Let the dough rest for an additional 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, use a sharp knife to cut an "X" into the top of the ball. Place the dough in the preheated oven. Bake until the bread is golden with an internal temperature of 190°F, about 40-50 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool in the bowl for 5 minutes. Finish cooling on a wire rack.

DILL BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a small saucepan, heat cottage cheese to 110°-115°; add to yeast mixture. Add fresh dill, butter, salt, sugar, dill seed, egg and 1 cup flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Do not knead. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; shape into a 6-in. circle. Transfer to a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°., Bake until golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped, 35-40 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. Cut into wedges.

DILLY BREAD

Steps:

• Spray counter lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Combine 4 rolls and roll into a 10-12 inch rope. Repeat with remaining rolls to make 3 total ropes. If using bread, cut loaf in 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into a rope. Combine garlic salt, dill and cheese and sprinkle onto countertop. Roll ropes in the mixture to cover.
• Press one end of the ropes together firmly and braid the ropes. Press remaining ends firmly together. Place braid on sprayed baking sheet. Sprinkle any remaining mixture over the braid. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise until double in size. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 20-25 minutes or until nicely browned.