Tag: Bake

Cheesy Twists

These Cheesy twists are great for snack, breakfast or dinner, and especially good to dip in soup. These I made with pesto and sesame, but you can make them without it or with other filling. If you wish to add seeds on top you can do that also. Any seeds will work, sesame, poppy or mixed bagel seeds.

Ingredients:

  1. All purpose flour- 4 cups
  2. Salt – 2 tsp
  3. Yeast – 2 tsp
  4. Egg – 1 large + egg white, save the yolk for spreading on top with 1 tbsp oil
  5. Butter – 2 tbsp, melted
  6. Milk -1 cup,warm
  7. Cheddar cheese – enough to cover the dough
  8. Sesame seeds – for sprinkling on top, optional
    Pesto:
  9. Olive oil- 2 tbsp, add more if you need
  10. Parsley – a bunch

To make the dough, mix all ingredients except the cheese, and knead for 5 minutes. Let the dough rise for about an hour. In the meantime whisk the egg yolk with olive oil and set aside. Cut the parsley and whisk it with the olive oil, set aside. When the dough is ready, divide it in two equal parts and roll each part into a pizza crust.  Spread pesto on both parts, sprinkle a good amount of cheese on one part and cover with the other part. Cut into strips, twist each strip into a spiral. Put each twist on a pan next to each other, cover and let them rise for about an hour. In about an hour preheat oven to 350°F, when oven is ready spread the egg yolk and olive oil mixture on top of the twists, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for about 27 min.
Next time make these with feta, or both feta and cheese.

Parmesan Breadsticks

These snacks are sooo yummy, they will disappear in minutes. This recipe doesn’t have milk or water in it, just melted butter and egg. We all love them so much, I always have to make a double batch. You should really try making them.

Recipe:

1. All purpose flour – about 3 1/2 cups

2. Salt – 1 tsp

3. Yeast – 2 tsp

4. Baking powder – 1/2 tsp

5. Eggs – 1 egg

6. Plain yogurt – 150 gr

7. Butter – 1 stick( 113 gr), melted

8. Feta – 150 gr

9. Parmesan cheese – to your liking

Egg wash -1 egg + tbsp milk for spreading on top

Mix all ingredients and make a soft dough, oil the bowl and the dough lightly and cover, let it rise for about an hour. Then on a floured surface roll the dough to 1/4″. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cut strips with a pizza cutter. Whisk the egg with the milk and set aside. Twist the strips as much as you can, when done spread the egg wash and sprinkle Parmesan cheese. When the oven is ready bake for 20-25min.

*The dough won’t rise a lot.

* I’ve made these also without leaving the dough to rise and they’ve turned out just as good.