Cheddar Cheese Pretzel Bread

Cheddar Cheese Pretzel Bread

sobota, 15 lutego 2014

Cheddar Cheese Pretzel Bread

Time: 3 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 cups flour (4 to 4 1/2 cups enough to make a soft dough)
• 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast (1 pkg)
• 1 egg
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg white, beaten
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt

Directions

• 1 In a small skillet cook onion in butter til tender but not brown, 7 minutes. Cool.
• 2 Mix together warm water yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, set aside to proof, about 10 minutes.
• 3 In a food processer mix together flour, cooled onion, egg, cheese italian seasoning and 1/2 tsp salt.
• 4 Add yeast and water mixture. Mix until forms a soft dough.
• 5 Turn dough onto floured surface, knead 6-8 minutes.
• 6 Shape into ball place in lightly greased bowl turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in warm place for 1 1/4 hours.
• 7 Punch down Turn out onto lightly floured surface and let rest for 10 minutes. This step is important. It makes the rope easier to work with.
• 8 Lightly grease Baking sheet. Roll dough into a 48 inch long rope.
• 9 On the baking sheet form the rope into a large pretzel shape by crossing one end over the other to form a circle, overlapping about 12 inches from each end.
• 10 Take one end in each hand and twist once at the point where the dough overlaps.
• 11 Lift each end across to the edge of the circle opposite.
• 12 Moisten the ends and tuck underneath. press to seal.
• 13 Cover and let rise in a warm place 45 minutes.
• 14 Stir together egg white and 1 tbsp water, brush onto bread sprinkle with coarse salt.
• 15 Bake in 375 oven for 20 minutes, then loosely cover with foil and continue baking another 20-25 minutes.
• 16 Remove from oven cool on wire rack.
• 17 I serve this bread with a packaged cheese sauce, for dipping or spreading.