Bread Challenge Week 52
For the last week of the bread challenge I made Garlic Parsley Knots from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I’ve mentioned that I love this book right? Well, just in case you missed it, I love Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Healthy recipes, a variety of varieties and interesting ingredients all in one place.
The recipe says it make 5 garlic knots using about a quarter of the master recipe dough. I decided to just use all of the dough I had made following the master recipe and make 20 knots. I love that the recipe calls for minced garlic, parsley and olive oil to top the bread. I also love that the bread has a whole lot of whole wheat flour.
Because Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day requires no kneading the rise times are longer. About two hours. All in all this recipe took about 3 hours and 15 minutes or so with about 2 and half hours going to rising the dough, 20 minutes to bake and 25 or 30 minutes of hands on time.
I made these knots to go along with a family pizza night. The knots that we did not finish are in the freezer. I love having rolls and bread in the freezer for easy additions to meals. The master recipe used for the garlic knots is very versatile. The garlic knot recipe itself is, in my mind, mostly a bread to go with meals. I could see having bite sized knots at a party. The knots are not suitable for sandwiches because of the garlic, parsley and oil on top.
Will I make them again? The knots are much larger than I had anticipated and one knot really is too much for one person. I do think we will make these again but I plan to make the knots much much smaller and tone down the garlic in the recipe. I love garlic but I think the garlic flavor is just a bit overpowering. I love that I can use the master recipe to make a loaf of bread, some garlic knots and more all from making hearty healthy dough once. I love Healthy Bread in five Minutes a Day.
Flavor: 4
Hands on time: 4
Total time: 2
Recipe: 5
versatility: 3
make it again: 5
Catherine: 1
Luke: 1
Maddy: 1
Total Score: 26
(what is this Bread Challenge and how are recipes scored?)
Previous Bread Challenge reviews:
Coconut Bread- Week 51
Biscuts – Week 50
Peanut Butter-Banana Bread – Week 49
Popover – Week 48
60 Minute Rolls – Week 47
Sun-dried Tomato Bread – Week 46
Naan – Week 45
Chocolate Chip Cream Scones – Week 44
Indian Spiced Doughnuts – Week 43
Whole Wheat Brioche – Week 42
Pizza Dough – Week 41
Cinnamon-Apple Twist Bread – Week 40
Pumpkin Bread- Week 39
Winter Herb Bread – Week 38
Classic Pretzel – Week 37
Sweet Potato Bread – Week 36
Challah – Week 35
Whole Wheat English Muffins – Week 34
Pumpernickel – Week 33
Green Onion-Sesame Flatbread – Week 32
Beer Bread – Week 31
Country Seed Bread – Week 30
Cinnamon-Raisin Bagels – Week 29
Crunchy Crackers – Week 28
Ciabatta Bread – Week 27
Cornmeal Pancake -Week 26
Lemon Poppy Seed – Week 25
Sourdough – Week 24
Tortillas – Week 23
Honey Wheat Hamburger Buns – Week 22
Garlic Studded Baguette – Week 21
Quinoa Bread – Week 20
Asiago Herb and Garlic Bread – Week 19
Cranberry Pecan Rye Bread – Week 18
Rotis – Whole Wheat Unleavened Bread- Week 17
Farmhouse White Loaf – Week 16
Honey Whole Wheat Slow Cooker Bread – Week 15
The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake – Week 14
Hot Cross Buns – Week 13
100% Whole Wheat Bread – Week 12
Thin Wheat Crackers – Week 11
Irish Soda Bread – Week 10
Double Blueberry Muffins – Week 9
Oatmeal Batter Bread – Week 8
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls – Week 7
Cheesy Pretzels – Week 6
Light Rye Bread – Week 5
Country-Style Whole-Wheat Pita – Week 4
Carrot Raisin Quick Bread – Week 3
Potato Bread – Week 2
Focaccia – Week 1
2 comments
I rarely disagree with Catherine, especially when it comes to bread but in this instance I am going to disagree big time. Although these knots would be awesome with soup or a meal please do not miss out on making a sandwich with them. I was the lucky recipient of some of these knots and they smelled amazing. I couldn’t wait to stick some sharp cheddar cheese on one which I did and then thought how wonderful some tuna would be on the other and it was. Considering there is so much wholewheat flour I would have expected them to be a little dry but oh they were not. They were very soft and moist and wonderfully flavorful.
I will be baking some of these really soon, unless Catherine wants to unload the ones in her freezer my way. OJ 😉
I’m so glad you liked them. We enjoyed them too, but they still seemed a bit oily on top so I wasn’t sure if they would be suitable for sandwiches. Now that I am hearing your positive review I will definitely have to thaw some out and give them a chance as sandwich knots.