edinburgh kidney bean bread and dinner rolls

Name: Edinburgh Kidney Bean Bread and Dinner Rolls
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: ## BREAD; 3 cup(s) kidney beans, recently boiled and cooled; 2 cup(s) bread flour; 2 cup(s) multigrain flour or your favorite hearty flour; 3-4 tablespoon(s) precreamed shortening; 2 tablespoon(s) caraway seeds; 1 tablespoon(s) dark molasses; 1 pinch(es) sea salt; 1 teaspoon(s) tarragon; 1 teaspoon(s) thyme; 1 teaspoon(s) rosemary; 1 tablespoon(s) garlic, chopped; ## RISING AGENTS; 1 3/4 tablespoon(s) active dry yeast; 2/3 cup(s) milk; 1 tablespoon(s) honey; 2 tablespoon(s) dark brown sugar; 3/4 cup(s) hot water; ## TOPPING; 1 tablespoon(s) kosher salt; 1 teaspoon(s) caraway seeds (can replace with flax seeds in topping); - water to wet dough

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Tiffany Bannworth

Cape Coral, FL

Updated on Sep 30, 2012

This is a hearty bread that is a great sandwich bread. The dinner rolls go well with soup or sopping of gravy. Use it however you like! It is a surprising break from the mundane.

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Sadly, I didn't get a picture of the loaf before the kids demolished it. Well, at least you know they liked it!

prep time 3 Hr 30 Min

cook time 40 Min

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yield 1 loaf and 1+ dozen rolls

Ingredients

BREAD
3 cups kidney beans, recently boiled and cooled
2 cups bread flour
2 cups multigrain flour or your favorite hearty flour
3-4 tablespoons precreamed shortening
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
1 tablespoon dark molasses
1 pinch sea salt
1 teaspoon tarragon
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
RISING AGENTS
1 3/4 tablespoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
3/4 cup hot water
TOPPING
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon caraway seeds (can replace with flax seeds in topping)
- water to wet dough

How To Make edinburgh kidney bean bread and dinner rolls

Step 1

In a large mixing bowl, add 2 cups of kidney beans and all the bread ingredients. Set aside.

Step 2

Take the extra 1 cup of kidney beans and puree. Add to bread ingredients.
Step 3

In the measuring cup (Pyrex), put the honey and brown sugar, then pour over with hot water. Mix completely.
Step 4

Then add, milk and stir. Follow that with the yeast. Whisking in completely, not leaving any clumps. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Step 5

Pour yeast into bread ingredients. Mix well.
Step 6

Dump out mix onto a floured surface. Knead for 5-7 minutes. Place dough in a large, lidded, greased pot. Leave in a warm place for 1 hour.
Step 7

Then dump out mixture again. Degas. Fold like an envelope in thirds. Then repeat from a different angle. Again return to the pot. Leave for an hour.
Step 8

Halve dough. Gently degas. Make either a sandwich loaf and a dinner rolls. Or 2 sandwich loaves.
Step 9

Lightly wet tops of loaves and sprinkle toppings.
Step 10

Cover and allow to rise for 30-60 minutes.
Step 11

Preheat the oven to 450. Place the loaves in the center rack of the oven. After 5 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 375. Rotate the loaves 180 degrees after 20 minutes, and bake for another 15 to 25 minutes, until the tops of the loaves are nicely browned, the bottoms of the loaves make a hollow sound when tapped.
Step 12

If making rolls, cook at 375F for 10 or so minutes.
Step 13

Allow to cool before slicing.
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