Calico Bread from Fablehaven
4 cups flour 1 ¾ cups warm water or milk 1 Tbs. salt 2 tsp dry yeast or .6-.7 oz fresh yeast 2 tsp sugar
Mix-ins: peanut butter jam/jelly cheese marinara sauce, with or without cheese, minced pepperoni, etc poppy seeds and lemon zest dill weed and grated carrot any kind of herbs, edible flowers tiny bits of caramel cheese with minced vegetables like peppers, garlic, etc honey cinnamon and sugar dried fruit Use your imagination!
Combine the yeast with the sugar in warm water/milk. Stir in the flour one cup at a time, adding in the salt with the last cup of flour. Knead so that it's smooth and elastic with some resistance.
Coat bowl and dough in oil or water. Place dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap sealed around the edges, but large and loose over the top so it doesn't smash the risen dough. Let rise for 1 hour, or until doubled, in a warm place.
Divide dough into a lot of small portions. Add a different mix-in into each piece, adding flour if necessary to anything that is too wet. Some fillings can be kneaded into the dough. For some fillings, roll the piece of dough flat, put on the filling, and roll it into a log with the filling spiraled inside. Others can be made into little filled dumplings. Coat the outside of the pieces with water so they will adhere together. Put the pieces of dough all together in a greased bread pan, coat the top with oil, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rise again for another 30 minutes or so, until it is about an inch over the top of the pan.
Spray water into the oven or place a small pan with water inside. Put the bread pan into the oven, then start pre-heating to 350° F. Bake for 60-70 minutes until it's a dark golden brown on top and the interior measures to 190°-200° F.
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