Application Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- America’s New Bread Box
- Orientation
- Batterie de Cuisine: Know Your Bread Machine
- Making Bread
- Daily Breads: White Breads and Egg Breads
- White Breads
- Egg Breads
- One-Pound Loaves
- Pasta Doughs from Your Bread Machine
- Earth’s Bounty: Whole Wheat, Whole-Grain, and Specialty Flour Breads
- Whole Wheat Breads
- Rye Breads
- Specialty Flour Breads
- Multigrain Breads
- Gluten-Free Breads
- Traditional Loaves: Country Breads and Sourdough Breads
- Country Breads
- Sourdough Breads
- All Kinds of Flavors: Breads Made with the Produce of the Garden, Orchard, and Creamery
- Herb, Nut, Seed, and Spice Breads
- Savory Vegetable and Fruit Breads
- Cheese Breads
- Mixes and Some Special Breads Created from Them
- Stuffing Breads
- Circle, Squares, and Crescents: Pizzas and Other Flatbreads
- Sweet Loaves: Chocolate, Fruit, and Other Sweet Breads
- Breakfast Breads
- Coffee Cakes and Sweet Rolls
- Chocolate Breads
- Holiday Breads
- Express Lane Bread: No-Yeast Quick Breads
- Jams, Preserves, and Chutneys in Your Bread Machine
- Appendix 1 Bits and Pieces: Crumbs, Croutons, Crostini, and Toasted Appetizers
- Appendix 2 To Eat with Your Bread: Spreads, Butters, Cheeses, and Vegetables
- Appendix 3 Resources
- General Index
- Recipe Index
GREEK SWEET BREAD Makes 1 round loaf
Those of the Greek Orthodox faith have a sweet bread for every major holiday. At
Easter there is Lambropsomo, for Christmas, Christopsomo, and for New Year’s Day
Vasilopita, or St. Basil’s Bread. The same basic dough is used for each bread, but the
flavoring and shape vary. I shape this loaf into a simple large round. But do vary the
flavorings—large round. But do vary the flavorings—two variations are given here. I
use apple pie spice in the bread. This combination of cinnamon, allspice, and cloves
gives a hint of the traditional flavors of the more exotic ground mastic, a resiny spice,
and mahlepi seeds, from the pits of St. Lucy’s cherries. Use a strong, dark honey if you
can. Greek Sweet Bread should be served with honey as a sweet, never with butter.
1
1
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2
-POUND LOAF
For the dough:
3
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4
cup fat-free milk
1
/
4
cup fruity olive oil
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
3 cups bread flour
1
/
4
cup honey
Grated zest of 1 orange or lemon
1 tablespoon gluten
1
1
/
2
teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
2
1
/
2
teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine
yeast
For the glaze:
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