Italian Cheese Bread - With a shortcut rising method
Recipe From : "Voila!" (Jr League of Lafayette, LA)
- 2 1/4 oz pkgs dry yeast
- 1 cup margarine
- 6 large eggs
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour -- sifted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 pound Swiss cheese
- 1/4 pound sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese -- grated
Dissolve yeast in 1 cup of warm water. In a large mixing bowl,
beat
margarine until fluffy. Beat eggs in another bowl until light.
Add eggs
to margarine, blending well. Stir in dissolved yeast water.
Sift flour, salt and sugar together. Gradually add to egg mixture,
continue to beat until satiny.
Cut Swiss and cheddar cheese into 1/4 inch cubes. Stir cubed cheese
and
Parmesan cheese into mixture. Place dough in a 4 quart greased
glass
mixing bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in volume.
(see shortcut rising method, at bottom) With spoon, gently stir
(do not
punch).
Cover bowl and let rise until doubled, again. Grease a
10-inch
tube pan. Gently stir dough down. Pour or drop by spoonfuls into
pan.
Let rise again until doubled. (see shortcut rising method at bottom)
Bake
in a preheated 400F oven 35 - 40 minutes. Use cake tester to test
for
doneness. Cool 10 minutes out of oven. Lift bread out by tube
and cool
20 more minutes.
Eat while warm or cool. Delicious with a cool
glass of
milk!
Shortcut rising method from Tout de Suite a la Microwave II:
1. Bring 3 1/2 cups water to boil in a 1-quart glass bowl on high,
7-8
minutes. Place glass mixing bowl containing dough in microwave
on top of
bowl of boiling water (make sure both bowls fit in microwave before
you
begin). Microwave on warm (10%) 5 minutes, or defrost setting
for 2
minutes.
2.Let dough rise in warm place 20 to 30 minutes until doubled
in bulk.
3. With spoon, gently stir (follow recipe instructions).
4. Again, bring 3 1/2 cups water to boil in bowl. Repeat steps
1 and 2.
5. Follow recipe instructions for baking in a tube pan.
Later if you want to warm just one slice of bread, wrap it in
wax paper
and microwave on high (100%) 20 seconds.