Starter Breads...

SAVOURY BREAD

(Serves 4 - 6)

30 ml butter or margarine
1 medium onion, chopped
125 g rindless streaky bacon, chopped
750 ml self-raising flour (420 g)
5 ml salt
80 g butter or margarine
125 ml grated Cheddar cheese
15 ml mixed fresh herbs or 5 ml dried
125 ml milk
125 ml water

1. Melt 30 ml of butter and sauté onion and bacon until soft. Leave to cool of slightly.
2. Sift flour and salt. Rub 80 g butter in until fine breadcrumbs are formed. Add cheese, herbs and mix through. Add onion mixture.
3. Whisk milk and water and mix into dry mixture to form soft dough.
4. Shape dough into a round shape and place on a greased baking tray. Cut a across into top of bread and brush with extra milk and dust with flour.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for 10 minutes.

Lower oven to 180 °C and bake for a further 30 minutes. Serve warm with butter.

Enjoy with a loved one... ~ SB

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SPRING ONION & GARLIC ROLLS

(Makes 12 rolls)

4 x 250 ml Cake Flour (560g)
10 ml salt
10 g instant dry yeast (1 sachet)
60 ml chopped spring onions
4 cloves garlic, crushed
± 375 ml lukewarm water
30 ml butter or margarine, melted

1. Preheat oven to 180 °C.
2. Sift flour and salt. Add yeast, spring onions and crushed garlic. Add enough lukewarm water to dry ingredients to make soft dough.
3. Knead on floured surface until smooth and glossy and leave in a warm place for about 5 minutes to rise. Knead again and divide dough into 12 pieces and roll each piece into a bun. Brush with melted butter and leave for about 15 – 20 minutes, to rise.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 25 - 35 minutes.

Enjoy with your loved ones... ~ SB