Sherry Farbsteins Kamish Bread Recipes

KAMISH BREAD ( COOKIES)

Steps:

• Add sugar to beaten eggs and add vanilla to eggs.
• Sift flour and baking powder and put aside.
• Add dry ingredients and oil a little at a time, alternately, then add nuts and chocolate chips.
• Make 4 loaves.
• Put on 2 greased cookie sheets.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool 7 minutes and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
• Toast in oven for 10 minutes until crispy at low temperature (200 degrees).

KAMISH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat margarine, eggs, sugar. Add vanilla, salt, and 1 1/2 cup flour until absorbed. Mix 1/2 cup flour with baking powder. Add to mixture.
• If chocolate is desired, add cocoa to a few tablespoons of mixture. Form into small cylinder.
• If nuts are desired, mix into plain dough by hand.
• Keep hands very wet. Form into loaves. For chocolate loaves, surround chocolate cylinder with plain dough.
• Bake 25 minutes. Slice into 1/2" pieces. Cook 10 minutes.
• Flip slices, turn off oven and return to the oven. Leave in as long as you can bear to, at least an hour. Preferrably overnight.

SCHLOTSKY'S BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl stir together the warm water, sugar, and yeast. Stir to dissolve and set aside.
• In a large bowl dissolve baking soda with the 1 1/2 teaspoons warm water. Add the warm milk, salt, and one cup of the flour. Beat with a wire whisk until smooth. Beat in yeast mixture and remaining flour. Batter should be thick, sticky, and smooth.
• Prepare 2 pie pans with non-stick spray. Dust pans with cornmeal. Place 1/2 dough in each pie pan. Batter will spread during rising time. Spray top of dough with non-stick cooking spray. Cover and let rise for one hour.
• Repeat spraying of bread with non-stick cooking spray. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool for an hour before slicing.

PASSOVER KOMISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil, 1 cup sugar and almond extract. Stir matzo meal, potato starch, salt, nuts and sprinkles into the mixture. Separate the dough in half and form 2 long, wide rolls. Place the rolls on the parchment paper.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cut on an angle into 1/2 to 3/4 inch cookies while still hot.
• Stir the cinnamon and sugar together and pour into a shallow bowl. Roll the cookies in the cinnamon sugar mixture and return the cookies to the cookie sheet. Turn oven off and return the cookie sheet to the oven. Let the komish dry overnight.

SHERRY FARBSTEIN'S KAMISH BREAD

Steps:

• see above