Adventures of the Bread Machine

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We have an insane amout of shredded cheese. And I discovered that no matter when you add shredded cheese, the kneading process obliterates it. Mind you, the resulting bread is rich and delicious, but you don’t see actual cheese in the bread.

So! In browsing bread machine recipes, I read a tip by one fellow machinist: don’t use shredded cheese! Take block cheese and cube it, and put it in the pan during the “add” signal.

My bread effort the other day, I added a good fistful of shredded cheese at the beginning, because it does creat a rich, yummy bread. Then, at the add signal, I dumped in about a cup to a cup and a half of cubed block cheese. I’d say 1/8" in size.

If you look closely, you can see flecks of cheese in a slice.

Next time, I might do 1/4" or even 1/2" dice. I want to SEE CHEESE.

A tip: cubed cheese tries to cling to itself and re-create the block of cheese. I sprinkled in about a tablespoon of flour, and used my fingers to distribute it, gently breaking up the dices into individual squares.
~VOW

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“Awesome Garlic Bread” has been made! While it was baking, all vampires in the neighborhood packed their bags and left!

I didn’t have enough Parm. And I thought we had onion powder, but I couldn’t find any. :frowning: So, I took some dried onion and buzzed it in the Magic Bullet blender. Voila! Onion powder!

And then…forgive me. When I was pulling everything off the spice shelf, I ran across the bottle of white pepper. A little demon whispered in my ear, so I substituted the white pepper for black.

The bread has a little “bite” to it!

We’re having spaghetti for dins tonight. The bread will be PERFECT for that!
~VOW