Onion Cheese Bread and Scottish Shortbread!!!

Today I decided to try something different and made onion cheese bread! It ended up falling toward the end of the bake but the taste is amazing!!!!!!! So here is the recipe for anyone who would like to try. Sorry no pics of the bread, since its a little.....weird looking!

1 1/2 cups warm water
3 Tbsp oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup mined onion
1 1/2 cups grated cheese (i used old cheddar)
1 Tbsp yeast (I use the regular stuff and proof it)
4-6 cups flour

Whisk the sugar and salt into the warm water, then add oil and whisk lightly, add yeast and whisk lightly. Then whisk in the egg, onion and cheese. Start adding your flour 1 cup at a time and kneed it once its hard to move your spoon. Oil up your dough well and let rise in a warm place covered by a tea towel. (I use my oven with the light on). After 15 minutes punch down your dough and reform, let rise again for 15 minutes. Do this a total of 3 times, then on the last (or 4th) punch down, make your bread! Put loafs in well oiled pans and let rise a final time for 1 hour. Then bake at 350 until top and bottom are brown.

YUM!!!!!


Scottish shortbread:

1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter

Use a pastry cutter or a fork and mix until all blended and will stick into a rough ball. (don't worry if you have crumbs, they will get incorporated). Butter up a pie plate (I used a glass one) and press the mixture into the pie plate. Bake at 350 for about 20ish minutes. Until the edges are light brown and when you press the top with your fingertips, they remain dry without stuff stuck to them.

That's it for now! I have a huge post coming tomorrow.......stay tuned!!