White and Wheat Swirl Bread!

A few weeks ago, we made an evening visit to a newly-opened winery with an old classmate who comes to town occasionally. Susan is a wonderful conversationalist.......we spent several hours there, enjoying her company and nibbling at a gorgeous fruit and cheese platter. When we realized how late it had become, there was no time to bicker over who was paying the bill. My hubby grabbed it. Susan protested, but Dave insisted. As we dropped her off, she stated that as "repayment" for the evening, she would prepare one of her famous barbequed pork tenderloins for all of us to enjoy on an upcoming weekend. SOLD!! We were already looking forward to her return trip!

 

Last weekend we got to enjoy her end of the bargain! It was a balmy evening, so we picnicked on our patio. She arrived about 6pm with her specially-marinated pork loin. She popped it on the grill as I finished the remainder of the dinner - a big, leafy-green salad; baked zucchini with mozzarella;  fresh-from-the-farm corn on the cob; and.....bread! There has to be homemade bread on my table!! I'd been wanting to try a white/wheat swirl for a long time....I don't know why I've put it off!  I wasn't sure it was even the right "match" for the meal we were having, but it was what I was in the mood to experiment with, so.........we enjoyed this white/wheat at our picnic!

 

I'm not sure what the "hit" of the evening was......The pork tenderloin........The bread..........or just the pleasure of being together again. I guess it was sort-of like the bread.....the "swirling" together of the different "ingredients" of the evening made everything a "hit"! Enjoy this beautiful, tasty bread!

 

White/Wheat Swirl Bread!

White Swirl Dough:

½ pkg/ 1 ½ tsp. Red Star Platinum Yeast

¼ Cup warm water

½ Cup warm milk

1 ½ Tbsp. shortening

1 ½ Tbsp. honey

¾ tsp. salt

2- 2 ¼ Cup unbleached all-purpose flour

 

 Wheat Swirl Dough:

½ pkg/ 1 ½ tsp. Red Star Platinum Yeast

¼ Cup warm water

½ Cup warm milk

1 ½ Tbsp. shortening

1 ½ Tbsp. honey

¾ tsp. salt

1 ½ tsp. instant coffee granules

1-1   ¼ Cup unbleached all-purpose flour

1-1   ¼ Cup whole wheat flour

 Make each dough separately, as follows: Place warm water and yeast in EZ DOH bucket and stir to dissolve yeast. Let rest 1 minute. Add one cup of flour, then additional dough ingredients. EZ DOH-it for 2-3 minutes, or until dough is smooth and soft and all ingredients are incorporated. Remove dough from bucket, spray bucket with cooking spray, “smooth” dough and replace in bucket, or lightly greased baking bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled.

Roll each dough out into a rectangle, approximately 8 ½ x11”. Lay one dough atop the other and roll tightly together from the 8 ½” side. Tuck ends under and place in a large (9x5”) bread pan. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise till at least 1” above the pan rim. Bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes until the top is golden. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. You may brush the top with butter while warm for a softer crust, if desired. Enjoy!!


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White and Wheat Swirl Bread!