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Enjoying Food: Protein Bread

5/20/2016

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This recipe is so special to me -- it is an old family recipe passed down from generation to generation in my family. :) Originally called Easter Pizza, it is a sweet Italian bread full of carbs and fat (with almost no protein). SO, I thought I would make a high protein version and share it with you guys! When you bite into it, it seriously feels like you are being hugged <3 ENJOY YOUR BREAD HUG MY FRIENDS!
PROTEIN BREAD
110kcal -- 2F / 14C / 8P (per 40g piece)
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Ingredients:
- 120mL water
- 30g sugar
- 58g light butter
- 2 eggs (save 1 yolk)
- 300g all-purpose flour
- 160g vanilla whey
- 1 packet fast rise yeast
Directions:
1. Dissolve yeast in 120mL warm water -- should be bath water temp (about 110 degrees Fahrenheit). If it's too hot, it will kill the yeast. If it's not hot enough, the yeast will not activate. So be careful with this step!
2. Add 30g sugar, stir, and let sit for 10 mins.
3. Crack 2 eggs into a mixing bowl, but save one of the yolks for later.
4. Melt butter slightly (so it's not hot) and add to eggs. Then add yeast/water and whisk for a minute or so.
5. Add 150g flour slowly and stir into the wet ingredients (SLOWLY). Do the same for 160g whey. Dough will start forming. Continue to add flour slowly after this step and keep track of how much extra flour you are adding for macro tracking purposes. Each time you make this recipe it will be slightly different. Add flour until a dough forms. See video for exact dough consistency (at 3:23); it should not stick to your hands when you poke it.
6. Spray a round baking pan or bowl with pam, place dough in it and put a towel over it. Let bread rise for 1 hour in a warm place. An easy way to do this is boiling water in the microwave, then placing the bread in the microwave and shutting the door for an hour. This allows the bread to rise in an enclosed, warm space no matter what the house temperature is.
7. After an hour, the bread should be about 1.5-2x the size it was. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, knead dough again for about 2-3 minutes and let it rise again for a few minutes as oven preheats.
8. Make a few aesthetic "slashes" on top of the bread with a sharp knife and spread the saved yolk all over the top of the bread (5:35 timestamp in video).
9. Bake in oven for about 18-20 minutes. ENJOY! <3
6 Comments
Rachel
5/22/2016 04:57:29 pm

Hello pretty! Can u explain how to put this in myfitnesspal as one serving and how you'd accurately track it as you eat it. I know how to put a recipe in, it's more about how u broke down the serving

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Melanie Zimmerman
5/23/2016 07:58:26 am

Rachel, I can tell you it's so easy the way I do it..

-Put the recipe in MFP as 1 serving and weigh the whole loaf
-Cut your piece and weigh it
-Your Piece divided by Total Weight is logged as .0124 (for example) of a serving

I love that instead of trying to divide into equal servings or pieces. Hope that helps :)

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Cait link
6/6/2016 04:07:46 am

Thank you for answering that! That's exactly right! :)

Rebecca
9/20/2016 04:49:09 pm

Melanie you're a genius :D I baked bread yesterday (a different recipe) and just divided it by number of slices, but of course this is way more accurate because the slices tend to vary in size. Thanks!

Laura
6/13/2016 08:51:49 pm

Can it be done with quest multi purpose baking mix without flour?

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Ashlee
8/13/2016 04:16:08 pm

Hi! I made this today and it was VERY sticky - I think I lost half the dough due to it being all over my hands. Did I do something incorrectly?

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