Well, I thought you may enjoy some good Greek bread recipes and a mix for
yeast Irish bread. I love international bread baking.
Anyway have any of you got
good recipes for the Ensaimadas? ( Spanish yeast cheese
rolls or bread ) I have only 2 and would like more.
The following recipes may be cut in half. I always bake a lot and freeze the
rest. Joan
MM: Tsourekia- Greek Easter bread
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Title: Tsourekia- Greek Easter bread
Categories: Breads, Yeast, Ethnic
Yield: 5 loaves
2 c Yoghurt
2 c Milk
12 Eggs ( reserve 3 yolks )
5 lb Flour
3 pk Yeast
3 c Sugar
1 lb Sweet butter
2 c Warm water
Seseme seeds
Hard cooked colored eggs
( optional )
Dissolve yeast in the warm water and add enough flour
to make a thick batter and cover and let rise double.
this is called the " sponge '.Meanwhile In a large
bowl, beat butter and sugar very light and fluffy,
about 20 minutes. Beat in the eggs ( except for 3
yolks ).Alternate adding flour and yoghurt and milk to
egg/ sugar mixture and stir in the yeast mixture.
Enough flour should be added to make a non sticky
dough. Knead smooth and elastic. Cover dough in a
large greased bowl and let rise double. Punch down and
let rise double again. Then shape as desired in pans
or in braided rings. Let rise double and brush loaves
with the reserved egg yolks. Sprinkle with seseme
seeds. Traditionally for easter, red colored hard
cooked eggs may be pressed into the braided ring
before the 3rd rising. Baske in a 350 oven until
golden, about 30minutes. loaves are light, sweet and
delicious. Note: recipe may be easily halved.
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MM: Tsourekia- Greek Easter rolls
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Title: Tsourekia- Greek Easter rolls
Categories: Breads, Yeast, Ethnic
Yield: 3 dozen
2 pk Dry yeast
1 c Warm milk
1/2 lb Butter
1 c Sugar
6 Eggs
2 1/2 lb Flour
Dissolve yeast in the warm milk until foamy. Meanwhile
beat butter and sugar together quite well. beat in
eggs.Mix in the dissolved yeast. then mix in the
flour, adding enough to form a non sticky dough,
kneading smooth and elastic. Cover dough in bowl and
let rise double. Punch down and shape into desired
rolls. Let rise puffy. Bake 350 for 10 minutes than
325 until golden and done, another 15 minutes or
so.Note: dough can also be shaped into loaves if
desired. Recipe may be cut in half easily.
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MM: Irish Yeast Bread Mix
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Title: Irish Yeast Bread Mix
Categories: Breads
Yield: 2 loaf
Mix
8 c Flour
1 1/2 c Sugar
4 ts Salt
2 ts Allspice
2/3 c Instant nonfat milk
Zest from 1 lemon
For 1 loaf:
4 c Mix
2 pk Dry yeast
1 c Warm water
1/2 c Milk
1/3 c Soft butter
1/2 c Each currants and raisins
More flour if necessary
To make mix, combine all ingredients in plastic bag
except lemon zest. Add zest and shake bag well. Seal
and set aside until needed. To make 1 loaf: sprinkle
yeast over warm water and let foam for 5 minutes.
Place 2 cups of well shaken mix into a large bowl with
the milk, butter and yeat mixture and beat with an
electric mixer until well blended. Cover bowl and let
mixture rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. Then
place two more cups of mix onto the surface of dough
in bowl. Beat until well blended again with mixer or
by hand. Place a little flour on work surface and mix
in the raisins and currants. Incorporate this into the
dough and knead until smooth and elastic, adding
additional flour to make a fairly stiff but pliable
dough. Place dough in a large grerased bowl and turn
to coat. Cover and let dough rise double in bulk,
about 1 to 2 hours. Punch down and knead into a round
loaf. Place on baking sheet and allow to rise double
in bulk. Bake in a 350 oven until done, about 50
minutes. Makes 1 large loaf.
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MM: Psomi': Greek homemeade white bread
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Title: Psomi': Greek homemeade white bread
Categories: Breads, Yeast, Ethnic
Yield: 5 loaves
5 lb Flour, + or - if needed
3 Yeast cakes
1 c Warm water
1/2 lb Margarine softened
1 c Oil
1 c Milk, more if necessary
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Cinnamon
3 Or 4 eggs ( optional
Egg wash: 1 egg/1 Tbs. milk
Increase if needeed
As you can see by previous Greek bread recipes, the
Greek Housewives made plenty of bread. These recipes
are directly from Greece and are in fairly large
quantity.However this and other bread recipes can
easily be halved for the smaller hosehold. All yeast
breads freeze well too.
Crumble yeast in the warm water and let dissolve. Beat
the margarine until light and mix into the flour and
yeast mixture. Then stir in the oil, sugar, salt,
cinnamon, eggs if using ( a lighter baked good ) and
the milk, adding " more if needed" to produce a
kneadable nonsticky dough. Knead smooth and elastic.
Cover in a large bowl and let rise double. Punch down
and let rise double again. Shape into 5 loaves and
place in pans. Beat egg and milk together and brush
loaves. Slash top of each bread. Bake 400 for 15
minutes and then 375 for 30 to 40 minutes or until
golden and done. Recipe can be halved easily.
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Joan,"Flour Power"
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