Description
This super rich bread bakes up high and is full of flavor. It’s a family recipe. It’s even better toasted with lots of butter.
Ingredients
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- ¼ cup warm water
- 1 cup cottage cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature, plus more as needed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons dill seed
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 1 egg
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, or more if needed
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Soften yeast in warm water; let stand 10 minutes.
- Mix cottage cheese
- sugar
- butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- and baking soda together in a large mixing bowl. Add dill seed
- dried onion
- egg
- and yeast mixture. Mix well. Gradually add flour
- about 1/4 cup at a time
- stirring well after each addition. If dough seems too sticky
- add another tablespoon or 2 of flour.
- Cover bowl with a clean cotton kitchen towel and place in a warm place until double in size
- about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously butter a 1 1/2- to 2-quart baking dish.
- Gently stir dough to release bubbles. Transfer to prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown
- about 35 minutes. Remove from oven; brush top with butter and sprinkle on a pinch of salt. Let bread cool 5 minutes before transferring from the baking dish to a cooling rack.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8