On Friday I was trying to make Ricotta... don't ask! It turned out to be a great butter milk, oups.... Now I have a big glass jar full of it, which is great too. Because I have made bread, called "Favorite Herb Bread". Here I have used some of that butter milk.
Ingredients
2 packages dry yeast
2 tspns sugar
4 cups bread flour, approx. (I have used 2 cups unbleached fl. and 2 cups whole wheat)
1 tspn salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup buttermilk
black pepper, flax seeds, chia seeds, mixed dried herbs (optional) ... anything.
In the electric mixer bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup warm water using the mixing paddle. Add 2 cups of flour and the salt and oil and mix gently. Slowly add the rest of the flour alternating with the buttermilk.
Add the optional flavorings at this time, Adjust the amount of flour to produce a dough that is not sticky. Change to the dough hook and kneed the dough for about 5 minutes.
Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and cover; put the bowl in a warm place to rise for about 1 1/2 hrs.
Punch down the dough and put it back into the mixer bowl to knead for another 2 mins.
Take the dough and divide it to form 4 elongated loaves. Put the loaves on a baking sheet. Let the dough rise again at room temperature for about 1 hr until it doubled in volume.
Preheat the over to 400 degrees and bake for about 30 min. Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool on a rack.
