I'm so excited about the family cookbook! Mom and I have been talking about doing this (2nd Edition) for years. The first family cookbook was created by my Mom in 1995. The family has grown so much since then and many of my cousins and 2nd cousins didn't have copies of that original book. So we took many of the beloved recipes from the first addition and added to them. We worked on the cookbook for almost a year. We really wanted it to be a family heirloom, so we included old family stories and photos. We had no idea what the finished product would look like, but now that it is done, we are so pleased. I have already started working on the next one!
Here is a recipe that is in both books. My Grandfather loved making this bread. I remember making it with my Mom and my husband made it this past Thanksgiving. It smells divine while baking and it tastes Heavenly!
Dilly Bread
A Hoffman
favorite!
1 pkg. dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1 cup small curd cottage
cheese, heated to lukewarm
2 T sugar
1 T instant minced onion
1 T butter, melted
2 tsp dill seed
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
1 egg slightly beaten
2 ¼ to 2 ½ cups flour
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Soften yeast in warm
water. Combine in bowl with
cottage cheese and remaining ingredients except flour.
Gradually add flour
until stiff dough forms.
Let rise until double
about 45 minutes.
Stir down with wooden
spoon and turn into loaf pan, casserole or oven proof bowl.
Bake at 350 F for 45–50
minutes or until tester comes out clean.
