Cinnamon Swirl Bread

 Overview

A delicious bread that taste just as cinnamon rolls. The same good taste and swirls of cinnamon brown sugar that you find in cinnamon rolls.  This bread is soft, fluffy and delicious that you can pull apart and enjoy. This is easy to make for beginners and uses yeast, the very first time I tried it it came out so good my whole family enjoyed it. 

Ingredients

1 cup warm water

1 teaspoon active dry yeast

1 tablespoon sugar

2/3 cup room temperature butter

2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon olive oil

Steps

1. In a large mixing bowl add the yeast, warm water and sugar. Stir and keep it aside for 10 - 15 minutes till the yeast is bubbly.

2. Add the flour and salt to this mix well and knead to make a soft dough. Make a smooth round ball of the dough, coat with oil, cover with a wet towel and keep aside to rise so that the dough doubles in size.

3. In a small bowl mix the soft butter and cinnamon to a smooth paste.

3. Once the dough is doubled. Knead the dough again on an oiled surface and roll to make a 9x13 rectangle sheet.

4. Spread the butter cinnamon evenly on the rolled out dough and roll in tightly pinch the seam and make a roll.

5. Place the rolled dough on a baking pan with butter paper. With a sharp knife cut the dough from bottom to top leaving 2 - 3 inches of the top intact. Swirl the two cut pieces with the cut side facing up to make a nice braid.

6. Cover with wet towel and let it rise for 20 - 25 minutes.

7. Bake in 350  degree oven for  20 - 25 minutes till it is golden brown.

Serve warm.

Turkey Cutlets (Indian style)

Overview 

Spice up your left over turkey to a new dish which is very flavorful and can be served as an appetizer or snack. Fresh green onions and finely chopped celery adds a very nice aroma and taste to these cutlets. I used finely chopped smoked turkey but you can use any form of turkey even ground turkey. If using ground turkey brown your turkey first before mixing all ingredients.

 

Turkey Cutlets

Turkey Cutlet Ingredients

Ingredients 

Finely chopped smoked turkey - 2 cups 

Potatoes boiled and mashed - 1 cup 

Finely chopped green onions - 3/4 cup 

Finely chopped celery - 1/4 cup 

Finely chopped green chillies - 2 - 4 

Finely chopped ginger 2 inch piece 

Finely chopped red onions - 1 cup 

Fennel seed powder  - 1 teaspoon

Black pepper powder  - 1 teaspoon

Panko bread crumps  to coat cutlets

Oil for deep frying the cutlets 

2 egg whites lightly beaten

2 tablespoons vegetable oil 

Salt to taste 

Steps 

1. Use a food processor to finely chop the smoked turkey and keep aside. 

2. Boil the potatoes peel and mask and keep aside 

3. Heat 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a pan. Saute the red onions, ginger and green chillies till soft add celery and saute few more minutes. 

4. In a big bowl mix the smoked turkey, mashed potatoes, sauted onions ginger, green chillies and celery. add finely chopped green onions. Mix well. Add salt as needed and black pepper powder and fennel powder. 

 5. Mix all ingredients well and shape into ovals or round cutlets. Dip each cutlet in the lightly beaten egg whites and then in panko bread crumps. Deep fry them till golden brown. 

Serve hot with red onion salad.