Baking Marathon on a Snowy Morning | 4 Homemade Bread Recipes to make for a Cozy Kitchen Day

On this snowy morning we’re making 4 bread recipes for the weekend.

Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water
1 packet active dry yeast
2 TB butter, softened
Filling:
2 TB cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar

Directions:
Add warm water and yeast to mixer.
After 5 minutes add the flour, sugar, salt, and softened butter.
Mix with dough hook attachment for 5 minutes.
Transfer dough to greased bowl, cover, and let rise for one hour.
After one hour roll dough out on floured surface into a rectangle.
Add cinnamon and sugar mixture, and raisins if adding.
Roll up and place in greased loaf pan.
Let rise 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350.
Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Jam Filled Donut Muffins
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
10 tsp jam, jelly, or preserves
Topping:
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:
In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
In a small bowl mix the sugar, oil, egg, and milk.
Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
Fill muffin cups half full.
Add a tsp of the jam to each muffin.
Cover each muffin with the rest of the batter.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Make topping:
Mix butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
When muffins are done dip tops in topping.

Quick Casserole Bread
Ingredients:
1 packet rapid rise yeast
2 3/4 cup flour, more if needed
2 TB sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup warm milk
2 TB olive oil

Directions:
Combine the yeast, flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
Add the milk and oil. Knead 5 minutes with dough hook attachment.
(If the dough is too soft add 1/4 cup more flour at a time to get it to form into a soft dough ball.)
Place into greased 2 qt casserole dish or loaf pan, cover and rise 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350.
Bake 25-30 minutes.

Garlic Breadsticks
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 TB sugar
1 tsp salt
1 packet rapid rise yeast
3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup melted butter
1/2 cup grated parmesan
1 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

Directions:
In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the water, sugar, salt, and yeast.
After 5 minutes slowly add the flour.
Cover in a greased bowl and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350.
Pour half of melted butter into a 9X13 pan.
Press dough into pan.
Top with the rest of the butter, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and parmesan.
Bake 18-20 minutes.

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