Bread Bowls

This recipe is from last week, when it was colder and not 80° like it is right now. Stupid weather. I wanted Panera so badly, but there isn't one anywhere around us. So, I decided to make my own bread bowls to put some soup in. I used this recipe and adjusted it to make 4 servings.

Ingredients:

1 package active dry yeast

1 & 1/4 c warm water

1 tsp honey

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp vegetable oil

3 & 1/2 cups flour

1 egg

1 tsp water

Directions:
1. Put the yeast, honey and warm water in a bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes until it is creamy and foamy.

Before and After

 2. Add the salt, oil and 2 cups of flour to the bowl. Add in the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well.
3. When the dough has come together, put the mixer on high and let in knead for 6 minutes.

This is what it should look like once done.

4. Lightly oil the bowl and dough.

All lubed up.

5.Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and let rise for about 40 minutes.

6. After the dough has doubled in size, take it out and divide into 4 equal portions. Shape them into round loaves and place them on lightly greased baking sheets. Cover with the damp cloth and let rise again for about 35 minutes.

7. Preheat oven to 400°.
8. Beat together egg and water to make an egg wash. Brush the loaves with the wash.
9. Bake the loaves for 15 minutes. Brush with egg wash again and put back in the oven to bake for 10-15 more minutes until golden brown.

Before the second egg wash

10. Take out and cool on wire racks.

All yummy and brown!

11. To make bowls, cut off the tops of loaves and scoop out the middle to create a bowl shape. 

Next time, I will probably just make two larger bowls, because the bowls were pretty small and didn't hold a lot of soup. They were very tasty though, and fairly easy to make. I will definitely be making this recipe again, and would recommend it for an easy bread bowl. 

I made a broccoli-cheddar soup to put in the bread bowls, and I used this recipe, which was amazing. I don't really even like broccoli-cheddar soup, but this one was tasty. The bread bowl worked perfectly and were a great addition to the soup. Overall, an excellent dinner.