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Blue Cheese Bread

Contributed by: Melinda

What you need

  1. 4 Tbl yeast
  2. 1 1/2 cups 90 degree water
  3. 2 Tbl sugar
  4. 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
  5. 1 cup scalded milk
  6. 2 Tbl sugar
  7. 1 Tbl salt
  8. 3 Tbl butter
  9. 2 Tbl dried onions
  10. 1 or 2 eggs
  11. 1 tsp Worcestershire
  12. 5 - 6 cups flour
  13. 2 oz crumbled blue cheese
  14. 1 Tbl chopped chives
  15. 1 cup flour

How to make it

  1. Dissolve yeast in 90° water
  2. Stir in 2 T sugar and 1 1/2 cups flour until smooth
  3. Let sit about 20 minutes until it bubbles
  4. Scald milk and pour over 2 T sugar, salt, butter and dried onions
  5. When the milk mixture becomes lukewarm, add it to the sponge (yeast mixture)
  6. Add 1 or 2 eggs and Worcestershire
  7. Stir in 5 - 6 cups flour, blue cheese and chives
  8. Empty dough to a bed of 1 cup flour and knead until smooth
  9. Put in greased bowl and invert to oil top
  10. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour
  11. When risen, punch and form into 3 loaves (either in loaf pans or make 3 rounds and place on flat pans)
  12. Let rise for 45 minutes covered
  13. 10 minutes before putting in oven, score tops
  14. Brush with 1 egg beaten with 1 Tbl water
  15. Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes

I always cut this in half and make one large round loaf. It is absolutely delicious. Yes...you really do use that much yeast. This is a slightly sticky dough.

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