Parmesan Herb Bread

"This originally came from one of my aunts years and years ago. My mom and I thought we'd lost it, but hoo-ray, we found it today!! Now we won't ever lose it again! (cook time includes rising time)"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
2 loaves
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ingredients

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directions

  • Set aside 1 cup of flour. Mix remaining flour, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, sugar, onion salt, celery salt, oregano, and yeast.
  • Combine water, milk, and 1/3 cup shortening in a saucepan and heat just until boiling. Stir into dry ingredients.
  • Add egg and mix in enough of the reserved flour to make a stiff dough.
  • Divide between 2 greased 1-quart (1 liter) loaf pans. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double -- about 30 minutes.
  • Brush loaves with 1 tablespoons melted shortening and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese.
  • Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes.

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  1. I really liked this. Next time, however, I think I will add even more herbs (perhaps a couple Tablespoons of Italian herb blend). I wasn't sure if the parmesan cheese was freshly grated, or the canned, so I used both. I used 1/2 cup freshly grated & added 1/4 cup canned. I like the amount of parmesan, so I will do that again next time. Very flaky, delicate bread. Thank you very much for sharing this lovely recipe.
     
  2. I will start by saying this is the "BEST" herb bread I have ever tasted/made! I would recommend to use the shortening (no subs) since the crust is extra special. The insides are so fluffy/uniform crumb and cut beautifully even after cooling for only a few min. My only changes were that I used regular yeast (took longer to rise) and didn't have two smaller loaf pans, so I used ONE 9x5 pan. It did take longer to cook (I was beginning to think it was not going to cook thoroughly but after an extra 20 min. it was done). It was done at 200 degrees (with thermometer). I didn't have onion salt but I subbed with tsp. dry onion soup mix.I did use the entire 4 cups of flour, too. So glad you found the recipe, Tammi! Roxygirl
     
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<p>I live in beautiful western Manitoba, Canada. I'm a wife and stay-at-home mom with 2 daughters, Peanut (who turned 7 at the end of January) and Fidget (who will turn 5 in the middle of June) and a husband whom I call The Bushman, who's motto, lucky for me, is I'll try anything once! I'm a Mennonite by heritage as well as faith. I'm a born again Christian and we belong to a small Evangelical Mennonite country church where The Bushman and I are fairly involved. The church is made up largely of family groups -- most are related somehow. That's actually a Mennonite pastime, finding out how everyone's related to each other. If we're not directly related, we'll find a connection somehow -- your third cousin's wife's brother is for SURE my mother's father's sister-in-law's nephew!! See, isn't it amazing how small this world really is?! For fun, I enjoy photography -- my favourite subjects are sunsets, cloud formations, my girls, and nature close-ups -- reading, (John Grisham, Frederick Forsythe, Robert Ludlum, and Clive Cussler are my favourite authors), playing piano, and going for nice long walks, either first thing in the morning or towards sunset. I've even learned to enjoy it in the dead of winter, when I have no choice but to walk in semi-darkness. For those of you who've never experienced a Manitoba winter (lucky you!), 'the dead of winter' includes pretty much all of December, January, and February!! And up here, our shortest days of the year have only 7 hours of daylight, so if it's cloudy, well, it feels like no daylight at all! It's my favourite time to plan my day, pray, and daydream about what might happen if I'd ever actually buy a lottery ticket and win!! I love cooking -- baking not so much (mostly because it's not essential to survival and if there's baking in the house, that's all we eat!!) -- and reading recipe books is a favourite pastime of mine. I love the Company's Coming series of cookbooks, but my favourite is Taste of Home magazine. Since buying a premium membership here though, I've decided to let my subscription run out. I'll miss it, but I've decided there's really no need for it, since all the best recipes in the world eventually end up here!!</p>
 
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