If you aren’t aware, I host a fun linky party each week called Saturday Spotlight. People from blogland are invited to come and share their latest and greatest recipes, crafts, DIY projects or anything creative they’ve done. I have seen some amazing things so far and have lots of them bookmarked to try myself.
One of those creative ideas was to make bread bowls to serve soup in. Brenda from Chatting Over Chocolate shared this genius idea. I usually serve some type of bread or rolls with my soup, but how much more fun to serve the soup “inside” the bread.
They turned out fabulous! As I was preparing them, my family thought it was funny and that it wouldn’t work. No one was laughing though as they dug into their soup, then finished off by eating their bread bowls that had soaked up the yummy flavor of the soup. I used my Bread Recipe that I use on a weekly basis to make my families bread. The only thing I did differently was add half milk/half water, which I’ve learned in the past will make the bread a bit softer.
Place water, milk yeast and honey or sugar into a bread machine and allow to proof for 10 minutes. Mixture should look foamy and bubbly.
Add salt, butter and flour. Set bread machine to dough setting and turn on.
Check dough after 10 minutes to make sure it’s not to wet or to dry. If it is, add water or flour, a tablespoon at a time until it is the right consistency. (It should be slightly moist to the touch, and clearing the sides of the bread machine pan)
Once the dough cycle reaches it’s first rest period, (This is 20 minutes on my machine) remove the dough and place onto a greased baking sheet.
Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into four equal sized pieces and shape into balls. Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
Brush the dough balls with a little melted butter, then place into a warm oven. (About 170 degrees) Let the dough rise until doubled in size. This takes about 20 - 25 minutes.
Turn the oven up to 350 degrees and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the the bread is golden brown.
Let the bowls cool for about 15 minutes, then slice the top off of each bowl.
Scoop out the middle and pour your soup in.
Try my Loaded Baked Potato Soup
http://angelshomestead.com/homemade-bread-bowls/
These are just wonderful!! It’s been a long time since I’ve made bread bowls, and looking at these makes me want to make them again soon!!
How you do the bread in a regular oven? No bread machine
thank you!