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Olive Bread with Sage & Oregano

May 7, 2012 by     2 Comments    Posted under: Baking, Blogroll, food


I first had olive bread in France at our kids house. It is so good, that it’s hard to keep from eating it. I found this recipe for Olive Bread with Sage & Oregano in the Australian cookbook series called The Australian Women’s Weekly. I have several of these cookbooks and have enjoyed many of the recipes.

Olive Bread with Sage & Oregano

4 teaspoons dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1¼ cup warm milk

1cup warm water

2 cups plain flour

1/3 cup olive oil

3 ½ cups plain flour, extra

1 teaspoon salt

1¼ cup of seeded black olives, halved

2 tablespoons shredded fresh sage leaves- I didn’t have fresh so I used dry from my spice drawer

2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano- I used dried, and had I  bought fresh spices, I would have spent about 5€ more.

Instructions:

  1. Combine yeast, sugar, milk and water in large bowl, whisk until yeast is dissolved. Whisk in sifted flour, cover, stand in warm place about 30 minutes or until is doubled in size.
  2. Stir in oil, then sifted extra flour & salt. Turn dough onto floured surface, knead about 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in large greased bowl, cover, stand in a warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size. Turn dough,  onto floured surface, knead in remaining ingredients.
  3. roll  dough to 12×15 oval. Fold dough almost in half, transfer to large greased oven tray, shape dough into an oval. Cover dough, stand in warm place about 45 minutes or until dough has increased in size by half. Sift about another 2 tablespoons of flour over dough, bake in moderately hot oven about 45 minutes.

* I didn’t sift the flour.

 

Saturdays Meals

Mar 12, 2011 by     4 Comments    Posted under: Baking, Grocery Challenge, photos, recipes, saving money

Homemade pizza

Today is a big day for me in the kitchen. Making pizza for 25 is going to be a ton of work, but I’ll begin the chopping and shredding early in the day. I’ll start the dough  and get that in the fridge early on.  It’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m not using the grocery $ for this, but instead my personal allowance. That was I can stay on track with my saving for the upcoming trip to Germany in 2012.

Here’s my menu for today:

Breakfast:

John: Corn muffins, egg, & leftovers

Bobbie: 2 kiwi’s

Lunch:

We’re having all the LEFTOVERS in the fridge… including the soups, and stir fry.

Supper:

Pizza, salad & cake… this is what I’m serving for our guests but we’ll probably skip the cake.

party time!

Butterfly Ring

Nov 24, 2010 by     2 Comments    Posted under: Baking, Blogroll, food, recipes, saving money

Here’s another great recipe using the baking mix Read more »

Homemade ‘Bisquick’ Recipe

Nov 18, 2010 by     5 Comments    Posted under: Baking, Blogroll, food, recipes, saving money

bakingThere really is nothing  new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9)and this recipe surely has been around for a number of years. Now, with the ‘crisis’ and every one watching their pennies (as we all should in good times and bad), I thought I’d post it again. It’s the base for time saving recipes, like pancakes, biscuits and muffins.

I mix up a batch then store it in the fridge we have in the garage but you can keep it on the shelf if you don’t use the butter. I promise, it only takes 15 mins and will save you time and money in the long run.

Baking mix

  • 9 cups of flour
  • 2/3 cup dry milk
  • 3 Tablespoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • 1 cup shortening or ½ shortening &  ½ butter

Mix dry ingredients. Cut in Shortening. Use a mixer on low to cut in the shortening to save time. Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

You can use this as you would any ‘Bisquick’  recipe but I will also post some recipes using this baking mix.

Pain de Mie

Dec 29, 2009 by     3 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, recipes, saving money

One of my favorite Christmas gifts from John this year was a new bread pan. With the help of our daughter Jesseka, who purchased it, boxed it up and had it shipped to us, I now have this… Read more »

Ok, I just finished my baking for the week!

Aug 22, 2008 by     5 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Grocery Challenge

Here it is:Baked goods

6 mini pizzas (using 1 recipe of pizza dough and different cheeses, & veggies)

zucchini pancakes (using that gorgeous zucchini the neighbor gave to us)

8 soft pretzles

12- Roti (flat bread from India)

mini peach turnovers ( peaches fell of the tree in our yard + I had 2 plums left over. The pie crust Dave and Rebekah brought to us when they visited)

2 loaves of white bread- (one has poppy seeds on top)

It’s nice to have the baking done for the week.