What is that Wonderful Aroma?????

As you open the door after coming in from a hard day at the office, you are greeted the with the aroma of freshly baked bread. It is a cold night in Upstate New York, and a dinner with some soup, and this most delicious Onion Bread helps you to forget the cold.

This is a very easy bread to make, it is more like a flat bread, than an actual loaf. You bake it in a round cake pan, and when it's finished, you can cut it into triangles with a scissor. It is light and airy inside, crusty outside, and if you are a New York, it is reminiscent of a bialy in taste. The onions on the top, mixed with a little butter, paprika, and poppy seeds, makes this so fragrant, and slathered with a little bit of butter and you have some real comfort food, if you are a Bread Loving Foodfanataholic.

You can do this a few hours ahead of time and pop it in the oven about a half hour before you are ready to serve dinner. If there is an left over, I love it with a cup of coffee in the morning, and I'm not even a coffee drinker!

ONION BREAD

1 package of yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
2 teaspoons sugar
Approximately 2 1/2 to 3¼ cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons melted butter
½ cup coarsely chopped onions
2 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoon poppy seeds

Sprinkle the yeast into the warm water and stir until dissolved. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and 2 cups of flour. Stir and then beat well. Add 1½ teaspoons of salt and the remaining teaspoon of sugar. Stir in another ½ cup flour (saving ½ cup for kneading). Pour ¼-cup flour on a board and knead until smooth and satiny. Add remaining flour as needed. Put into a greased bowl, turn and cover; let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down and divide. Place in 2 greased 9-inch round layer pans. Brush with butter and sprinkle with the onions. Push the onions down into the dough’s surface so it looks indented. Let rise until double in bulk about 45 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt , paprika and poppy seeds. Bake at 450° for about 20 to 25 minutes.

This is Aroma-Therapy at it's best!

ONION BREAD

1 package of yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
2 teaspoons sugar
Approximately 2 1/2 to 3¼ cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons melted butter
½ cup coarsely chopped onions
2 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoon poppy seeds
This is what you will need for the recipe:

Sprinkle the yeast into the warm water
(between 105 -110 degrees)



and stir until dissolved


I make this is a KitchenAid
Insert the dough hook

Put the yeast mixture
in the bowl of the mixer


Add 2 cups of flour


and 1 teaspoon sugar


Stir and then beat well



Add 1½ teaspoons of salt


and the remaining teaspoon of sugar


Stir in another ½ cup flour
(saving ½ cup for kneading)
and beat well


Pour ¼-cup flour on a board or counter top

and knead until smooth and satiny


Use the palms of your hand to push the dough forward
in a rolling motion


Add remaining flour as needed
( I didn't have to add any more)


Place a little olive oil in a bowl



Put dough into the greased bowl,


turn and cover;


let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour


Punch down and divide.
Place the butter


in the microwave for about 20 seconds to melt


Grease two 9-inch layer cake pans with some butter


Place one piece of the dough into each pans



Brush with butter and


sprinkle with the onions


Push the onions down into the dough’s
surface so it looks indented



Let rise until double in bulk about 45 minutes
Sprinkle with the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt,

paprika,



and poppy seeds



Preheat the oven to 450°


Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes
until golden brown