Recipe For Cooking Cream Cheese And Salsa Bread

Toast Oven Breads :: Sweet and Savory Yeast Breads

Cream Cheese and Salsa Bread

Source: Bryan Woolley, teacher at Sur La Table

Dough
2 C. water
1 Tbsp. yeast
2 tea. salt
16 oz. cream cheese
2 C. salsa
3 Tbsp. butter
1/2 C. cornmeal
6-8 C. unbleached bread flour

In a lrg. mixing bowl combine water, yeast, cream cheese, salsa, butter, cornmeal and 3 C. of flour. Mix for 5 min. Add salt to the mixture and continue adding flour until mixture pulls together into a soft dough. Knead for 5 min. Once the dough has been kneaded for 5 min., oil the top of the dough and allow to rise until doubled.

Shape dough into desired shapes and allow to double in size once again. Bake dough in a 400 degree F oven for approximately 25 min. or until the internal temperature reaches at least 190 degrees F.