Carrie’s Sweet Life

I am pretty sure Adam’s favorite food is bread! And he is pretty spoiled. He often walks into the door with “Hi Honey dinner is done, can you take the bread out of the bread machine.”

He asked me to make some fresh bread I told him to look through my bread cookbook that I haven’t got to use and when he found something I would make it. He chose this yummy recipe

This recipe was AMAZING! Although mine was almost a little too done it was the perfect crunchy on the outside nice and soft on the inside! It had wonderful flavor!!! Next time I think I would add a little garlic powder to the bread itself to give it a little more garlic flavor.

Also a product rave. I love using these little cubes of crushed garlic from Trader Joes. You store them in the freezer when you need garlic just pop out the tables you want. This is SOOO simple as it tastes fresh but you don’t have to fight with garlic. Buy some next time you are at TJ’s!

Garlic Bubble Bread (From: The Big Book of Bread by Anne Sheasby)

• 1 basic white bread dough prepared
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian Herb Seasoning

Grease a bundt pan.

Combiner melted butter, egg, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt and dried herbs in a small bowl, mixing well. Dip the dough balls into the butter mixture, coating them liberally all over, then arrange the dough balls in a single layer in the pan. Drizzle over any remaining butter mixture. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake the ring for 30-40 minutes or until risen and golden brown. Turn onto a wire rack. Pull the rolls apart to serve, warm or cold.

Basic White Bread (From:

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 2/3 cups white flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, diced
• 1 teaspoon fast-action dried yeast

Pour the water into the bread machine pan. Sprinkle over the flour, covering the water completely. Add the salt, sugar, and butter placing them in separate corners of the bread pan. make a small indent in the center of the flour and add the yeast.

Set the bread maker to the dough setting. One dough has risen punch down. Divide into 12 equal sized balls.