Tomato Bread I Food

TOMATO BREAD I

Steps:

• In a sauce pan, heat the tomato juice and water over a low heat until warm to the touch. Pour into a large warmed bowl, and add yeast and honey; stir to dissolve yeast. Allow to rest until yeast is creamy.
• Mix in oil, parsley, onion, garlic, carrot, and salt. Add 1 cup of the flour, and stir until smooth. Add more flour, until a firm dough is formed. Knead five minutes on a lightly floured surface. Place dough in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the surface completely. Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
• Punch down, and divide into halves. Form two loaves, and put into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for another 45 minutes, or until loaves have doubled in size.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (220 degrees C) for about 30 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire rack to cool.

BAKED TOMATOES WITH CRUSTY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle. Butter a 3-quart baking dish (about 13 by 9 by 2 inches).
• Drain tomatoes, reserving 1 cup juice, then chop.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then cook onions with 1/2 teaspoon salt, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown, about 10 minutes. Add garlic, allspice, and cloves and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Stir in tomatoes with reserved juice, thyme, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and briskly simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt remaining 1/2 stick butter and brush onto both sides of bread. Halve each slice.
• Transfer tomato mixture to baking dish and top with bread, overlapping slightly. Bake until bubbling and bread is crisp and golden-brown, about 20 minutes.

TOMATO BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour, sugar, yeast, salt, oregano, garlic powder, basil and rosemary. In a large saucepan, heat the tomato juice, tomato sauce and oil to 120°-130°, stirring occasionally. Add the dry ingredients; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 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. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into two loaves. Place in two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes., Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

TOMATO BREAD

Steps:

• Lightly grease large bowl and two loaf pans with olive oil.
• In small saucepan, heat juice, sauce and 2 tbs olive oil to 120 F degrees.
• Combine 3 cups flour with yeast and remaining ingredients.
• Pour in tomato mix and beat 3 minutes.
• Gradually add remaining flour until it holds together enough to turn out on floured surface.
• If the dough is too sticky, and you may need to add a little more flour, but not too much or you will have a dry bread.
• Knead about 5 minutes, until dough smooths out, place in lightly oiled bowl (olive is best here!), turning to coat dough with oil once, cover and let rise 1 hour.
• Punch dough down, let rest 15 minutes, then shape into 2 loaves, and place in pans.
• Cover pans and let rise 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
• Bake loaves 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 F and bake 30-40 minutes more.
• Bread is done when loaf sounds hollow when thumped with knuckle.
• Tip loaves out immediately onto wire rack to cool.
• *Note-Insteadof individual spices, you can also use 1 3/4 tsp of Italian Seasoning.

TOMATO GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Split the bread in half lengthwise and place it on a baking sheet. Drizzle the cut side with the olive oil. Bake until golden brown and toasted, 5 to 8 minutes.
• While still warm, rub the cut side of the bread halves with the garlic. Cut the tomato in half and rub it on the bread halves.
• Sprinkle with course salt, then cut into 4 pieces.

TOMATO BREAD III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, Italian seasoning, thyme, sugar, Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/2 cup reserved tomato juice, milk, eggs, oil and garlic. Combine liquid and dry mixtures. Fold in chopped tomatoes and olives. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

TOMATO BREAD

Steps:

• Spread italian salad dressing on one side of each french bread slice.
• Slice tomatoes on top of bread slices.
• Sprinkle with italian seasoning and cheese.
• Broil in oven for 3 to 4 minutes or until cheese is melted and bread is toasted.

HERBED TOMATO BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the first 12 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). In a bowl, combine spread ingredients. Serve with bread.