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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!
Thank you for this recipe. IT WAS SO EASY!!! will be maiking this again, this fall.
First time visitor and have already pinned numerous recipes! Everything looks delicious, and you are so entertaining! Keep up the good work!
Carly,
Welcome to you. Hope you enjoy the recipes. 🙂
~Jamie
What does the big T stand for? tablespoon?
Hey Jamie! silly question, but is it possible to mamke larger bowls, with this recipe? and, any suggestions on what to do with the “middle” part of the bread?
Your recipes are AMAZING!! thank you
Eloise,
Yes, you can make the bowls bigger. Just reduce the temperature a bit and then let them cook longer. We always use the inside of the bowls to dip in the soup and enjoy.
Good luck!
~Jamie
Just took these out of the oven… They look really good, and the inside is very soft:) But i only divided this dough into 4 balls, in order to make giant bowls, and they didnt seem to rise as big as yours(even using the exact measurements you did) 🙁 i even baked them for almost half an hour in order for them to brown… Ill have to try again within the next couple weeks, maybe because i kneaded the dough instead of mixing it?? should i have let it rise twice?
I made these tonight and they were AWESOME!! Sooooo easy too!! My husband and kids loved them too. Have you ever frozen them before? I am wondering if you can make a bunch and freeze them?
Hi Amy,
So glad the bread bowls worked out for you. Yes, they freeze quite well. Just be sure they are in a freezer safe bag (like ziploc). Good luck!
~Jamie
Besides using them in really prtety bowls everywhere (including my bathrooms), I place them on my mantel, mixed in with my garland and snow globes. I also put them in one of the very biggest bowls or silver tubs I have, and put them on the floor in front of the fireplace. They always look so beautiful when the lights are shining on them.