Picnic Basket Bread Recipes

PICNIC BASKET BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Mix cheese, spinach, chicken, onion, and 1/4 teaspoon salt for filling.
• Set aside.
• Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
• Mix yeast mixture, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 cup flour in a mixing bowl.
• Gradually add 1 1/2 cups flour to dough.
• Knead dough until smooth, using other 1/2 cup flour if dough is sticky.
• Roll dough into a 16 x 10-inch rectangle.
• Spread filling down the middle of dough.
• Bring dough edges together and seal.
• Place seam-side down on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Brush bread with egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake at 375° for 40 minutes.
• Serve warm, or cool and refrigerate.

EDIBLE PICNIC BASKET (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Remove dough from the machine after the dough or manual cycle is completed.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, and carefully form into a ball without punching down.
• Place onto greased cookie sheet and let rise about one hour or until doubled in size.
• Brush with beaten egg and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool.
• Hollow out cooled bread like a pumpkin, reserving"lid" to put back on.
• Butter inside and fill with: i.e. fried chicken.
• Replace lid and wrap in heavy duty foil, then news paper, then foil again.
• Bread and chicken will stay warm all day!
• Success Hints: Use to make edible soup bowls.

PICNIC CHICKEN IN A BASKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, sesame seeds, thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, poppy seeds, salt and pepper. Dip the chicken drumettes in the flour mixture and shake off any excess. Next, dip the chicken in the beaten egg and then coat each piece thoroughly in the flour mixture again.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter and the olive oil in a large skillet. Brown the chicken thoroughly, about 3 minutes per side, over medium heat. Put the chicken on a rimmed baking sheet and bake 20 minutes.
• In the meantime, to prepare the bread basket, cut a large top in the bread round. Scoop out the inside of the loaf, leaving about ¾ inch of bread all the way around the edge.
• For the Herb and Seeds Butter Sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the remaining sauce ingredients. With a pastry brush, spread the sauce over the entire inside of the loaf and inside of the top. Place the loaf and top on a cookie sheet.
• At this time the chicken should have cooked for the 20 minutes. Remove chicken from the oven and brush the drumettes with BBQ sauce and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes, or until done. Also put the bread in the oven at the same time and bake uncovered for 15 minute. Remove both cookie sheets from the oven and put the chicken in the bread round and put the bread top on. Wrap the bread basket in several layers of heavy duty foil, surrounded by several layers of newspaper. It will remain very warm for several hours this way. Enjoy your tailgate or picnic party!