Best Savory Stuffing Bread Recipes

SAVORY STUFFING BREAD

Steps:

• Mix yeast, warm water, sugar, salt, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, poultry seasoning, savory, sage, dill, black pepper, and nutmeg until thoroughly combined. Beat the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, about 1 cup at a time, until the dough is smooth; add up to 1 more cup of flour if needed.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, and knead until the dough is springy, smooth, and elastic, about 8 minutes. Form the dough into a ball, and place into an oiled bowl. Turn the dough ball around in the bowl to lightly oil the dough, then cover the bowl with a cloth and let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Grease 2 9x5-inch loaf pans. Punch down the dough, knead several times to remove air pockets, then cut the dough in half. Shape each half into a log, pinching the seams closed, then place into the prepared loaf pans seam sides down. Lightly cover the pans with a cloth, and let rise until doubled, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake the bread until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes; remove from pans and cool on wire cooling racks.

SAVORY STUFFING SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Sofrito
• Dice the onion, garlic and celery, and sauté with the sage, thyme and pepper in the olive oil until tender but not browned.
• Put HALF of the sofrito in the dough bowl. Reserve the other half in the refrigerator for after the bulk fermentation.
• Dough
• Mix together the flours, salt, cranberries and half the sofrito.
• Dissolve the starter in the water, and add the water/starter to the flour mix and stir until incorporated.
• Cover with plastic and let sit for 8-14 hours at room temperature. If you put the dough in the oven with the light on, 8 hours is probably sufficient. At a house temps below 67 F / 19 C, expect to wait closer to 14 hours. The dough is ready when it looks fluffy or bubbly and has doubled in size.
• Scrape the dough out of its bowl onto a well-floured countertop. Gently spread the dough into a rectangle. Fold one third of the dough inward, and lay the reserved sofrito onto the double-layer of dough. Fold in the other third and then fold in half. See the Breadtopia video for more details on folding and shaping.
• Let rest for 15 minutes. This is your chance to wash the dough bowl before any remnants dry into cement. Also, prep your proofing basket by dusting it with flour, or by flouring a tea towel to line your basket.
• Flour your hands and the dough, flip it and tuck the edges under while rotating it to create a boule or batard shape.
• Lay your dough in the basket, seam side down and cover the basket with plastic.
• Put the basket in the refrigerator for about 10 hours (up to 20) OR leave the basket at room temperature for about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven and baking vessel thirty minutes before the proofing time is up. I use the Breadtopia Clay Baker and a Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven, both of which can heat to 500 degrees and can take a cold dough. Please follow the temperature limits of your vessel.
• Flour your hand and flip the dough out of the basket and place it into the hot baking vessel. The seams will open up, but you can also score it with a razor.
• Bake until the internal temp is around 205 F / 96 C
• 20 minutes at 500 degrees, lid on
• 10 minutes at 450 degrees, lid on
• 10 minutes at 450 degrees, lid off

SAVORY STUFFING BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix sugar, yeast, seasonings and 2 cups flour. In a small saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until tender. Stir in broth; heat to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat on high 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a well-floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into 2 loaves. Place in 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans, seam side down., Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 375°. Bake 18-22 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.