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I have a wonderful little recipe for you today, my friends.
Soft Bread Bowls…
simply perfect for serving tasty soup in.
Tasty soups is what we like to eat this time of year,
isn’t it?
Go ahead and nod your head.
I know we agree…
Soup season is upon us.
Happy days are here again.
🙂 🙂 🙂
🙂 🙂 🙂
1. Place 2 C flour into the bottom of your stand mixer. Add the sugar
and the salt. Stir it around a bit to combine.
2. Pour your milk and water into one measuring cup. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute, or until bubbly and hot.
3. Carefully put the butter into the hot liquid and let it melt just a bit.
4. Pour the buttery milk into your mixer.
Turn the mixer on to low and let it mix for just 30 seconds or so.
5. Add the yeast.
and the remaining 2 cups of flour.
6. Mix the dough for 5 minutes.
7. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and set the dough out on to it.
8. Using a sharp knife cut the dough into 6 equal parts. (No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. There are 7 pieces of dough in the picture above. Because there are 7 people in my family…and no one likes to be left without a bread bowl. 🙂
9. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes, then shape each piece into a ball. Whisk your egg up in a small bowl and spread the egg over the tops of each dough ball.
10. Place the pan in a 170 degree oven and let the dough rise until doubled in size. This should take between 15-25 minutes.
11. Turn your oven up to 350 degrees (leave the pan in the oven while the temperature increases) Bake the little bowls for about 15 minutes (depending on how long your oven takes to heat up) or until golden brown.
12. Let the bowls cool for about 10 minutes, then slice the top of each bowl,
Scoop out the middle,
and pour some soup right on in!
Enjoy!
Pinable image below…
Ingredients
- 2 T sugar
- 1 1/2 t salt
- 4 C flour
- 1/2 C warm water
- 1 C milk
- 2 T butter
- 1 T yeast (I use active dry)
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
1. Place 2 C flour into the bottom of your stand mixer. Add the sugar and the salt. Stir it around a bit to combine.
2. Pour your milk and water into one measuring cup. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute, or until bubbly and hot.
3. Carefully put the butter into the hot liquid and let it melt just a bit.
4. Pour the buttery milk into your mixer. Turn the mixer on to low and let it mix for just 30 seconds or so.
5. Add the yeast and the remaining 2 cups of flour.
6. Mix the dough for 5 minutes.
7. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and set the dough out on to it.
8. Using a sharp knife cut the dough into 6 equal parts. (No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. There are 7 pieces of dough in the picture above. Because there are 7 people in my family...and no one likes to be left without a bread bowl. 🙂
9. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes, then shape each piece into a ball. Whisk your egg up in a small bowl and spread the egg over the tops of each dough ball.
10. Place the pan in a 170 degree oven and let the dough rise until doubled in size. This should take between 15-25 minutes.
11. Turn your oven up to 350 degrees (leave the pan in the oven while the temperature increases) Bake the little bowls for about 15 minutes (depending on how long your oven takes to heat up) or until golden brown.
12. Let the bowls cool for about 10 minutes, then slice the top of each bowl, scoop out the middle, and pour some soup right on in!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
I have never made homemade bread and I do not have a kitchen aide mixer. If i am mixing by hand how long do i mix? I never seem to have any luck with stuff made out of dough lol. Just don’t want to have tough bread bowls 🙂
Yvette,
I would recommend kneading the dough for 5 minutes, then cover it and let it rest and rise for 1 hour. Then knead it for 5 more minutes, then you are ready to shape the dough and let the bread bowls rise. It really helps, when you are kneading by hand to let it rise between kneading times. Good luck! Hope this one works out well for you!
~Jamie
Such a tasty and easy recipe! I’ve been wanting to make my own bread bowls for a while now; if I found this recipe sooner I would’ve done it a long time ago! My boyfriend compared it to Panera bread bowls!!
Will definitely be making this again!!!
I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I made this recipe twice. The first I made it, I used the full 4 cups of flour and it was very dry and crumbly. I couldn’t incorporate all of the flour and ended up throwing it away. I don’t have a mixer so I’ve been kneading it by hand. I’m making it now for the second time. I only used 2 1/2 C of flour and it ended up incorporating well and looks like a good bread dough. I’m hoping it will rise and bake well. I made sure I was following the recipe to a T and not sure where I went wrong. Is this normal?
Cindy,
If you are mixing by hand, using less flour would definitely help. (As you have seen). Also, if you let it rise for an hour after you have mixed it, this will help greatly as well. Once it has risen, punch it down and knead for an additional 5 minutes. Then shape the dough in to the desired size and let them rise again. Bake, and you are good to go. Good luck! Good for you, for trying it without a mixer. 🙂
~Jamie