COTTAGE CHEESE LAVENDER HERB BREAD (ABM)

Cottage Cheese Lavender Herb Bread (Abm) image

A very unusual and delicious bread recipe! You could call this a high protein bread. No one can guess that cottage cheese is in this bread. I usually make a smaller baguette and a larger braided loaf.

Provided by Annacia * @Annacia

Number Of Ingredients 13

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Ingredients

1/4 cup(s) warm water (110 degrees f.)
2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
1/4 cup(s) honey
1 cup(s) fat-free cottage cheese (or low-fat)
1 teaspoon(s) finely chopped fresh lavender flowers (or dried)
1 tablespoon(s) finely chopped fresh thyme leave
1/2 tablespoon(s) finely chopped fresh basil leaf
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda
3 cup(s) bread flour or 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoon(s) bread flour or 3 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
3 teaspoon(s) fast-rising active dry yeast
- cornmeal (optional for dusting pan)

Steps:

Place all ingredients except cornmeal in bread pan of your bread machine as manufacturer recommendation. Select dough setting and press start.
When dough cycle has finished, remove dough from pan and turn out onto a lightly oiled surface. (I use a nonstick cooking spray. Form dough into an oval, cover with a plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.
After resting, turn dough bottom side up and press to flatten. For baguettes (long, slender) or boules (round), divide the dough into 2 pieces and shape as desired.
Place on a jelly roll pan dusted with cornmeal. Cover and place in a warm spot to rise until the dough is doubled in bulk, approximately 30 to 50 minutes (depending on how warm your room is).
Oven Rising:. Sometimes I use my oven for the rising. Turn the oven on for a minute or so, then turn it off again. This will warm the oven and make it a great environment for rising bread. If you can't comfortably press your hand against the inside of the oven door, the oven is too hot. Let it stand open to cool a bit.
Cool or Refrigerator Rise:. If I don't have the time to wait for the rise to finish or I know that I will be interrupted before the completed rise, I do a cool rise. A cool rise is when the dough is place in the refrigerator and left to rise slowly over night approximately 8 to 12 hours. I usually do this after the first rise and the dough has been shaped into a loaf.
Preheat oven to 350-400 degrees (depending on your oven, mine runs hot). After rising, slash or score the loaves with a very sharp knife making three 1/2-inch deep diagonal slashes. Bake for 20 minutes or until nicely browned and hollow sounding when tapped.