July 24th Bees&Wagons Archives - Page 19 of 29

This recipe is best when eaten freshly baked right out of the oven. It is good bread for cheese Fondue also. When Halloween comes around, we use this recipe for our “Cider Spiders”. We will be making these this year and they are so cute. So be sure to come back and check them out!

Apple Cider Pretzel Bread

Yeast proofing:

*1 and 1/3 cups warm Apple Cider (105-115* F.)
*2 tablespoons Instant Yeast
*1/8 teaspoon Sugar

Combine in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer and let rise until bubbly and add to the following:

*2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar

*4 cups All-purpose Flour

*2 teaspoon Salt

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

Combine the above Ingredients, using a dough hook with stand mixer on medium speed. Knead 6 to 8 minutes and then cover with moist tea towel and let rise until double in size. Divide the dough into 2 balls, roll out each ball with your hands into a long snake/ropes the same in length and braid and shape into a beehive shape winding around, large at the bottom and smaller towards the top.

Egg Wash

*1 Egg
*1 tablespoon Water

Whisk together the water and egg and brush to the top of the bread dough right before baking. Top with Poppy Seeds if desired.

Bake in a 400*F. 45-50 minutes

Enjoy!

Jessica and Lindy

Brown Sugar Cream Cheese

*1/2 cup whipping Cream or Milk
*1\2 cup Milk
*5 tablespoons All-purpose Flour
*1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
*1 cup Butter, room temperature
*1 tablespoon Vanilla
*1 teaspoon Salt, if using unsalted butter

Heat in a sauce pan, on medium heat the flour and Whipping cream/Milk for 5-10 minutes or until thickens, it will thicken quickly. Let cool.

In the mixer combine the remaining ingredients: brown sugar, butter, vanilla and mix in a mixer for 5-10 minutes until creamy texture and no longer grainy and then add the flour and milk mixture and Whip until light and fluffy.

Add frosting to a pastry bag and decorative piping tip. Pipe the frosting onto cookies.

Decorate with whole Almonds bee body and sliced Almonds for bee wings using frosting as glue.

Recipe adapted from Cook like your Grandmother