directions
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1
Dissolve yeast in warm water with 1 teaspoon sugar
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Let stand 10 minutes
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3
Combine cottage cheese with egg, sugar, pesto, salt, mustard, baking soda, 3 tablespoons chopped pine nuts, parsley and yeast mixture, stirring until well blended
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4
Stir in flour, working dough until all flour is moistened
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5
Beat well
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6
If dough is too moist add a little more flour
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Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down and turn dough into a well-greased 2-quart casserole dish
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Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes
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Bake at 375F
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for 15 min- utes; lower temperature to 300F
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and bake for another 25 minutes or until golden
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Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with salt and remain- ing 1 tablespoon of pine nuts when hot from the oven.
Pesto Bread
ingredients
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup creamed cottage cheese, warmed
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons Three Herb Pesto (page 31)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt