Kit instructions
How to Make Flower Pot Bread
Directions
- Start off by proofing your yeast.
In a small bowl, combine your full yeast packet, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 3/4 cups warm water. Stir gently. Let sit until foamy, about 5 minutes. - In the bowl of an electric mixer (or a large mixing bowl if you're kneading by hand), add baking mix.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and 4 teaspoons milk. Add in the proofed yeast and water solution and whisk to combine.
- Add the liquid mixture to the flour and mix with your hands until a shaggy dough forms.
- Using the dough hook attachment, mix on medium-low for 7 minutes (or knead by hand). Dough should be smooth, pliable and soft but not sticky.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Form the dough into a loaf by tucking the back side of the dough into itself and turning clockwise and repeating until you have a a nice round smooth ball of dough.
- Divide the dough evenly into as many sections as you have flower pots (4 if you are using the standard set, 8 if you are using the minis). Repeat the above action of tucking and turning with each of the balls of dough so you have enough mini round loafs.
- Coat the inside of your seasoned terracotta baking pots thoroughly with vegetable oil. Place one ball of dough in each baking pot. Cover baking pots with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm area for 1 hour. After an hour, dough should be about the height of the baking pots.
Cold Weather Tip: Make sure to let your dough rise in a warm area. Yeast (much like the rest of us) is a bit sluggish in the cold and it may take 15 to 30 minutes longer for your dough to rise. - Preheat oven to 350˚F and continue to let rise until the dough is above the lip of the baking pot. Place baking pots on a baking sheet and bake on the center rack for 18 minutes.
- Let cool. When the bread and baking pots are cool enough to handle turn over and using a knife, scrape any dough off the bottom of the pot. Remove each loaf from the baking pots and let both cool for 5-10 minutes. Return bread to terracotta baking pot, serve with homemade lavender butter.
- Wash terracotta baking pots with warm water and plan your next flower pot loaf. Elastic doughs work great with a well oiled baking pot. For runnier doughs (like quick breads) line your baking pot with parchment paper.
