Bread Machine Babka

My daughter finally cleaned her room!
OMG

It's not perfect, but she can find her clothing and she won't die in an avalanche if there is an emergency.

In the process of cleaning, she found (unearthed?) a mound of giftcards.
Oh so much money in gift cards.

We spent a rare day off shopping!
The girl child, my aunt, and myself were shopping fools!
Hubby's jaw dropped when he saw them all come in.
At least she's a bargain shopper, whew!

It was so nice to spend the day with her.
Our schedules are so varied,I am lucky if I see her for more than 20 minutes a day.
(not exaggerating)
I miss my little friend, and love so much to spend time with her.

These moments don't happen near enough!









Ingredients:

⅔ Cup Milk

2 Eggs (beaten)

½ Cup Sugar

¼ Tsp Salt

1 Tbsp Orange zest

¼ Cup Mashed potato

3 Tbsp Butter

2 ¾ Cups Bread flour

2 Tsp Yeast

¾ Cup Golden raisins

Directions:

1. Combine milk, eggs, sugar, salt, zest, mashed potato, and butter

2. Heat on stove just until butter melts

3. Add heated ingredients, flour, and yeast to bread machine

4. Use light sweet setting

5. Add raisins at beep (second knead)

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Adapted from: Recipe Link

Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread (Bread Machine)

I know some people have strong, negative feelings about chain restaurants. That's O.K. everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Me, I happen to not mind some of them. One of my family's favorite go-to restaurants is the Outback.
We are suckers for a Bloomin Onion, (ranch on the side please!) and hubby LOVES their massive 22 oz whatever it is steak.

One perk to going is the bread they give you before every meal. It's always warm, crusty, and delicious. We need to be careful though, one could easily eat enough of just the bread that there is no room when the actual meal comes!

I spied this recipe on CD Kitchen and adapted it with some of the ideas in the comments.
All in all, this was yummy. I served it with honey butter to try to further replicate the in-restaurant flavor.

The bread isn't as dark as the original, I think I need to play with the food coloring amounts, but it's easy and tastes pretty similar.

Ingredients:

1 ½ Cup warm water

2 Tbsp butter (softened)

½ Cup honey

2 ½ Cups bread flour

2 ½ Cups wheat flour

1 Tbsp cocoa

1 Tbsp sugar

2 Tsp instant coffee

1 Tsp salt

2 ¼ Tsp yeast

1 Tbsp molasses

¼ Cup dry milk

3 Tbsp cornmeal (for dusting)

1 ¼ tsp Red food coloring

1 Tsp Yellow food coloring

1 Tsp Blue food coloring

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients (except cornmeal) in bread machine and process on dough setting.

2. Let dough rise 1 hour

3. Punch down and divide into 8 portions

4. Form each portion into tubular loaves

5. Sprinkle entire surface of loaves with cornmeal

6. Place on cookie sheet, cover, and let rise for 1 hour

7. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes

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