Dill Cottage Cheese Loaf Recipes

DILL BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a small saucepan, heat cottage cheese to 110°-115°; add to yeast mixture. Add fresh dill, butter, salt, sugar, dill seed, egg and 1 cup flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Do not knead. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; shape into a 6-in. circle. Transfer to a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°., Bake until golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped, 35-40 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. Cut into wedges.

COTTAGE CHEESE DILL BREAD

Steps:

• Soften the yeast in the warm water and set aside.
• Heat the cottage cheese to lukewarm in a large bowl in the microwave.
• Stir in the dill, onion, sugar, butter, salt, dill seed, and baking soda.
• Stir in the yeast mixture and 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1 cup of whole wheat flour to form soft dough. Knead in the remaining flour on well-floured board, adding more all-purpose flour if necessary.
• Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray. Let the dough rise until doubled in size (about an hour).
• Stir down the dough and turn it into well-greased loaf pan. Let the dough rise again for 30 minutes in a warm place.
• Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes or until top is a deep golden-brown color and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Brush with additional butter and sprinkle with salt, if desired.

DILL AND CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, blend cottage cheese, plain yogurt, lemon juice and garlic powder. Cover and place in the refrigerator approximately 1 hour, until chilled.
• Stir Cheddar cheese into the cottage cheese mixture. Sprinkle with a layer of dried dill weed. Chill in the refrigerator until serving.

DILL COTTAGE CHEESE LOAF

Steps:

• add all ingredients in this order.
• cook on"SWEET" cycle.

COTTAGE DILL LOAF

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix 1 cup of the flour, the sugar, 1 tablespoon dill seed, 1 tablespoon onion, the salt and yeast. In 1-quart saucepan, heat water, cottage cheese and butter over medium heat, stirring frequently, until very warm (120°F to 130°F); stir into flour mixture until blended. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Place dough on lightly floured surface; gently roll in flour to coat. Knead about 8 minutes or until smooth and springy. Grease large bowl with shortening or cooking spray. Place dough in bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover; let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size. (If using fast-acting yeast, do not let rise 1 hour; cover and let rest on floured surface 10 minutes.)
• Grease large cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray. Shape dough into oval loaf, about 12 inches long and 4 inches wide, tapering both ends slightly. Place on cookie sheet. Cover; let rise in warm place 30 to 45 minutes or until double.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Brush water over dough; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon onion and 1 teaspoon dill seed. Make long slash, 1/4 inch deep, down center of loaf with sharp knife. Bake 10 minutes, spraying 3 separate times with water (use bottle with fine spray). Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until loaf is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool.

COTTAGE CHEESE DILL BREAD FOR BREAD MACHINE (1 LB. LOAF)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in breadmaker, select basic cycle with light crust. (I have found that it works fine on the quick bread setting on my Zoji.).