Grams Holiday Bread Filling Recipes

ARTY HOLIDAY BREAD

Steps:

• Oil a quarter sheet pan with 1 tablespoon of the oil and stretch out the bread dough to the edges. Allow the dough to rest and rise for 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Brush the surface of the bread with another tablespoon of the olive oil. Decorate the bread with the tomatoes, olives, sage and rosemary, pressing them into the bread. Brush on the remaining olive oil; this will make it shiny and stop the vegetables burning. Sprinkle on the salt and Parmesan.
• Bake until it is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

CHRISTMAS WREATH BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the butter, milk powder, sugar, egg, salt and 3 cups flour. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with chopped almonds and cinnamon to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal., Place seam side down on a greased baking sheet; pinch ends together to form a ring. With scissors, cut from outside edge to two-thirds of the way toward center of ring at 1-in. intervals. Separate strips slightly; twist to allow filling to show. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes., Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Combine confectioners' sugar, water and extract; drizzle over warm bread.

GRANDMA DOT'S STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; grease with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Whisk eggs and chicken broth together in a large bowl. Fold in bread cubes and parsley. Pour in onion mixture; mix together until combined.
• Shape mixture into 2-inch balls and arrange on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes.

LANCASTER COUNTY BREAD FILLING

Steps:

• Heat the saffron in 2 to 3 tablespoons of the milk until its color is released (do not boil).
• Saute the chopped onion and celery in melted butter over low heat until soft.
• Add all the milk and saffron to the beaten egg and pour it over the bread.
• When the celery and onion are soft, mix all ingredients together.
• Bake in an uncovered buttered casserole at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, until it forms a crust.

MOM SNYDER'S BREAD FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Tear bread into bite sized pieces.
• Slice bacon into small bite size pieces about 1/2-inch wide (Tip: partially freezing bacon makes cutting easier, or you can fry bacon and rip into small pieces after it cools).
• Cook bacon over medium heat until done. Remove bacon and add to bread. Reserve bacon fat and return pan to stove.
• Add celery to pan-sauté until no longer firm (you may cover pan to speed up cooking time-just check routinely). Add onions and cook until tender (you may do celery and onion separate if you're afraid you may overcook celery).
• Add salt, pepper, and onion & garlic powders to celery to taste (go easy on salt--just because other ingredients already contain salt).
• Add celery/onions to bread/bacon.
• Add mashed potatoes (2-3 cups--I think I use about three, but it may be two--I just "scoop" potatoes into mix. (Tip-if using fresh and still hot wait until they cool to add egg to mix).
• Add three cans condensed chicken and star or chicken noodle soup (Note: if using chicken noodle, you'll want to break up noodle fine while mixing by hand)--just soup as is--NO WATER.
• Add three eggs.
• Okay-here's the part not for the squeamish: MIX BY HAND--(yep-get your hands in and squish all the ingredients together--it's not an attractive looking mix, unbut wait til ya bake it--).
• Place in a greased (I use butter or margarine) 9x13-inch baking pan about an inch and a half thick. Press mix into pan--you may have more than pan--I get about a 9x13 and a pie pan's worth. Do not make too thick--this increases cooking time and doesn't seem to taste as good.
• Bake at 350°F for about 30-45 minutes. Time depends on how fast your oven actually cooks. I don't really look at the clock so much as the browning of the filling. You want a golden brown top (GOLDEN!). Just check for doneness if you layered thickly in pan.
• Remove from oven when golden brown and cooked through (Note: glass dishes cook faster and brown bottom-aluminum will not brown bottom. Your filling may be done faster if you use Pyrex).
• Set pan on cooling rack. Let pan sit and slightly cool before cutting into servings (if filling cools completely before you actually serve, just reheat in microwave first).
• You may bake this a day in advance an reheat (my hubby and I even snack on it cold).