Monday, November 24, 2008

Recipes - Tortillas, Pizza Dough & Honey Wheat Bread

Here are some recipes I've been asked for recently that I use ALOT, in fact they are in my 3 month food storage supply because they are so easy to make.

Flour Tortillas
6 cups flour (you can mix it up if you'd like to try a little wheat)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup oil (I use canola)
2 cups warm milk

Mix flour, salt & baking powder in your mixer. Add oil then milk and continue mixing until a large sticky ball forms. At this point I put a golf sized ball on my hot tortilla press and flatten it out. If you don't have a press you can roll them out on a floured surface. You can either cook them up now or freeze them for later. I put them in stacks of about 10-12 and store them in ziplock freezer bags so we always have fresh tortillas on hand. They are similar to the uncooked tortillas you can buy at Costco (only much cheaper). When you need them just defrost them and cook in a dry skillet.
I recently did a salsa flavored batch and it was a hit with my family! I just decreased the milk a bit and pureed some salsa and added it to the mix.

Pizza Dough
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons salt
2 Tablespoons yeast
2 cups water
5 3/4 cups flour

Using a mixer with a dough hook combine olive oil, honey, salt, yeast & water. Add most of the flour, until it pulls away from bowl; you might use a little more or less. Mix for about 10 minutes. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes. Punch down and shape. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until golden brown. We use this dough and let everyone make their own pizza then make breadsticks with any leftovers.

Honey Wheat Bread
In mixer add:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 Tablespoons active dry yeast
3 Tablespoons ground flax seed
Mix, then add:
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
Add 2 3/4 cups hot water and 2 cups white bread flour. Add whole wheat flour 1 cup at a time until it pulls away from sides and clears the edges of bowl. Knead in mixer 3-4 minutes more. Divide into 2 loaves (or shape into rolls) cover with hand towel and let rise in greased bread pans until it's a nice rounded loaf. Bake 28 minutes at 350.

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