April 2, 2008
Cottage Cheese Dill Bread
Enough desserts!
Okay, not really…I doubt there can ever be too much dessert. But just so we put out the appearance of being well-balanced people who eat a variety of foods, I’m going to step away from the sugar-loaded posts for a minute.
One of my favourite kitchen appliances is my bread machine. Perhaps bakers who insist on baking bread the traditional way shudder at the thought, but it really is great to get home from work, throw some flour and yeast into my bread machine, and four hours later, be munching on fresh bread.
I have lots and lots of favourite recipes I use in my machine, and this one is in the top five. Slightly tangy, a little sweet, and with a nice, light texture, it makes a great sandwich bread.
Cottage Cheese Dill Bread
(makes a 2lb loaf)
1 1/3 cups water
½ cup low-fat cottage cheese (try to choose a creamy or small-curd cheese)
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 tbsp shortening
3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (or bread flour, in the US)
2 tbsp snipped fresh dill
1 ¼ tsp bread machine yeast
1. Measure ingredients into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
2. Insert pan into the oven chamber.
3. Select Basic Cycle
So easy, and this bread comes out great every time!
a. grace said,
April 2, 2008 @ 8:40 AM
looks like i need to invest in a bread machine!!
Nivekian said,
April 3, 2008 @ 12:52 AM
Bread machine recipes are lame… why not just post the instruction for hamburger helper?
Even with that said, the recipe ingredients sound like they would make a good tasting bread… I may try it some time… though I’ll make it by hand
kimberleyblue said,
April 3, 2008 @ 7:53 AM
The difference between hamburger helper and bread machines is the amount of sodium and chemicals in hamburger helper – you can’t make a meal with it without also having all of that bad stuff. Same deal with cake mixes. I don’t make those either.
But you can make a healthy loaf of bread with a bread machine. I wish i had time to make fresh loaves of bread by hand all the time, but I don’t.
Kevin said,
April 3, 2008 @ 9:03 PM
This bread sounds really good!
Ashley said,
April 4, 2008 @ 12:01 AM
Posts with sugary treats are so good though!!
I feel like it doesn’t count if I make the bread in a bread maker, but then I really do not see the joy in kneading. So I will be saving this recipe!
kimberleyblue said,
April 4, 2008 @ 7:47 AM
I guess I can see where people are coming from – I think it’s cheating if people use curry powder instead of making their own combo of spices, or if they use frozen puff pastry instead of making their own.
To each their own! Maybe I just like bread so much that I don’t care who kneads it for me – hand or machine!
Deborah said,
April 4, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
I have a bread machine, but have never had good luck with it. This bread sounds so good, though, I just might have to break it out and give it another try!
solman said,
April 4, 2008 @ 4:02 PM
This bread WAS so good. Great crust when it was still fresh; great texture fresh and for a week after… the cottage cheese works really well whether the bread is toasted or not, adding a great depth of texture and inherent moisture. The hint of dill goes a long way to perfume a dish like toast and butter fried eggs – sunny up (I love eggs).
Linda Muncey said,
April 10, 2008 @ 10:49 AM
Hi Kim,
Tell me why everytime I do try and make bread in the bread maker, it comes out spelling real yeasty and heavy. I would love to try this recipe. But need to know what I am doing wrong.
Auntie Linda
kimberleyblue said,
April 10, 2008 @ 11:46 AM
It could be the bread machine that’s going wrong, and not you!
I have read reviews of bread machines that have stated “this one makes a very yeasty bread” – so perhaps look up your bread machine model and read user reviews?
Yeasty/heavy bread usually has to do with not enough heat – if your bread machine is faulty, it might not be getting to the temperature you need it to get to.