Southwest Surprise Bread

Submitted by Shelby Jo

"From Taste of Home's Healthy Cooking Magazine. This is different from any other bread recipe I've ever had! The surprise? Fat Free refried beans! "Fat free refried beans are the surprise ingredient to these soft, high rising loaves with just a hint of heat.""

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 loaves

ingredients

• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 2 cups warm 2% low-fat milk
• 1 (16 ounce) can spicy fat-free refried beans
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 -6 cups all-purpose flour

directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the beans, sugar, butter, salt and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough.
2. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
3. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Reviews

[weekend cooker]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT !! I made recipe as is, and it was nice, light, and fluffy. The flavor was fantastic, and I might make them into rolls next time. A great recipe. Made for 1-2-3 hit wonders.

 

[Bayhill]

Delicious!! I have seen bread recipes that used beans in the dough, but have never tried them before. I was intrigued when I saw this recipe and knew that I just had to try it. Boy, am I ever glad that I did. I made this into rolls and my family loved them. They turned out light, fluffy, and very tasty. You'd never guess that it is refried beans that gives this bread its wonderful texture. I got 24 rolls out of this recipe, and I baked them at 375 degrees for 15 min. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. *Made for Photo Tag game*