I’ll tell you below why I find the similarity to a bad boyfriend- but in the meantime here we are with another installment of the Daring Bakers Challenge. This is number three for me and this time the challenge is being hosted by the lovely and talented Tanna at My Kitchen in Half Cups. She gave us the challenge of a Potato Bread recipe (follow link for recipe) and wrote this challenge: “Being a Daring Baker is about trying new recipes, techniques and taking risks. It’s reaching just beyond your comfort zone.
This is a Daring Baker Challenge, not a contest and not a competition because at its heart and soul is support and sharing the how to of the baking we do. “
 
My recipe notes: Although my bread turned out fine I had a moments when I cursed it in frustration -like a bad boyfriend- because it was clingy and when I wanted it to support itself it was lying about, it was slack- the longer it sat -the lazier it got- and I couldn’t get it off my hands…. it was Tar-Baby dough (although I used the full 8.5 cups of King Arthur Organic Artisan unbleached All Purpose Flour.) After a brief tantrum and an attitude adjustment and a small amount of perseverance I worked it all out and sent it on its way.
If I had been free to change the directions I would have kneaded by hand for way longer than 11 minutes and probably used more flour or less liquid. I feel it needed extra gluten development time because it has a large liquid to flour ratio and the potatoes retard the gluten development further. However it is a nice bread for toast and it tasted good warm and slathered with butter and honey. It has a good flavor and a fine moist crumb with a crispy crust.
I made one large loaf and six “Bierock” type “Inside-out Turkey Stuffing Rolls” with the remainder. I found a neat trick for filling the buns in my “America’s Best Lost Recipes” cookbook by the editors of Cook’s Country Magazine. You roll the dough out to a round and then place it in a small bowl, put the filling on top and pinch the dough up around the filling- it works great! I could have put much more filling inside as the picture shows, but they were extremely tasty anyway.
I think the dough is a little too crusty for this style of bun though and will probably use a sweet milk dough the next time I make the rolls. The potato dough would make good crusty dinner rolls or Focaccia.
Filling for “Inside-Out Turkey Stuffing Rolls”
- 1lb bulk breakfast sausage (I use Jimmy Dean)
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 cup cooked turkey, white and dark meat, shredded
- 2 Ambrosia or similar Apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3/4 cup skinned, roasted hazelnuts chopped
- 1/2 cup pine-nuts
- 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
- pinch of dried thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Brown the sausage and add the remaining ingredients except the nuts. Cook until brown and fragrant. Adjust the seasonings to taste. Add the nuts and cook a little to incorporate. Cool on a sheet pan before using as stuffing for bread dough. ——
-This is what I use for turkey stuffing- add all to a large loaf and a half of good quality bread (the potato bread would be good for this!) that has been cubed and allowed to dry out a day or two, use turkey broth and butter to bind and moisten it fairly well before baking it in a pan for about an hour at 350F or stuffing into a Turkey.
Ha! My dad called it tar baby dough too! It looks like it worked out okay though; inside-out stuffing sounds yum!
Thanks everyone!, you’re all so fun to bake with and I’ve enjoyed visiting all of your posts- Go Daring Bakers!
xoxo
Gabi
What a great way to use the bread – filling it by using a bowl and pinching up the sides. Wish I had thought of that. Actually even if I had, I doubt I would’ve done it as I was so frustrated with it by the time it went in the oven!
Your breads look great! Clever idea to make buns in a small bowl.
Glad to see that other people cursed the dough too 😉
Wow, it is like a tar baby! Now I keep seeing myself as Brer Rabbit! Your bread looks tasty, especially your stuffed rolls!
But, unlike with a boyfriend, you don’t have to feel guilty for eating the bread.
Sorry, I forgot to say who I was.
Wow! What a great idea with the turkey filling. Looks delicious.
Bad boyfriends need love too. We also need one of those turkey stuffing rolls!
Well done! Your bread looks great!
Cheers,
Rosa
Yay for foccacia-
And for SLC (I’m from there)
And for the Daring Bakers and the fun/crazy, edible things we produce because of it.
See you in the December Challenge!
Beautiful texture! It looks delish…Well done!
I love the ‘Tar-Baby dough’! Your bread looks great and I love the turkey stuffed rolls. Lovely job!
I seem to recognise your bread, I am sure it was someone I once knew! Great post.
Inside out stuffing roll – ooh, I love it. My problem is always finding fresh sage in order to make good stuffing, but the next time I do this will be on the list. Great job on the bread.
I liked your idea for stuffing the bread and the texture of your bread loaf was beautiful. Well done!
What a great read! I love your title and writing. And now you totally have me thinking on the stuffing idea- make this bread and then throw in Thanksgiving leftovers! Brilliant! 😉
“Tar Baby” is a great comparison to what the dough was. I wish I had been more creative to do variations like your rolled turkey stuffing. Genius!
That is exactly what I thought when kneading this sticky dough. Ugh – who needs criers? 😉 Great job on your challenge!
Your breads turned out beautifully, I loved your idea of the stuffing. Next time I will try and experiment with accoutrements too! Because there will definitely be a next time with this delicious recipe!
I love the bad boyfriend referecne. Too true about this dough!! great job with the challenge!
Very funny comparison! I like your idea for filling the bread pockets. Filling sounds delicious!
You did a great job on your breads. I love your focaccia…too bad I can’t climb into the picture and take a bite.
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
The turkey filling sounds delicious, even good enough to eat on it’s own. And your loaf and filled buns look wonderful. Great job!
Christina ~ She Runs, She Eats
An interesting take on the difficulty of interpersonal relationships. I think that, all things considered, I’d rather deal with the potato dough than with a bad boyfriend. In dealing with a difficult dough you have options that you don’t have in dealing with a person. I am glad you made the comparisons: it certainly made me think.
Yeah, bad boyfriends are only good for stuffing!! Your loaf turned out great! The small filled loaves are really creative!
I didn’t think about that, but it was like a bad boyfriend!! Great bread!
Thanks for your nice comment on my blog- Your bread looks like it came our great, too. Can’t wait to see what comes of the next challenge! 🙂
Great looking breads Gabi! The stuffed bread sounds delicious!!
Bruno
Love the comparison to a bad boyfriend…gorgeous loaves though!
Gabi I’m sorry you didn’t feel free to knead a little extra. Your bad boyfriend is cute! Your bread looks lovely and the roll trick I’m going away with, hope you don’t mind. I did use a loaf of this for my stuffing and it was lovely.
Thanks for baking bread with us.
Love the bad boyfriend reference and the inside out turkey stuffing rolls sound great!
oooh, mummy loaf and baby loaves, so cute! The stuffed rolls look amazing as well.
A bad boyfriend deserves to be cooked!
Great analogy Gabi! I think it totally works – and your bread looks wonderful!
Excellent idea to make it into stuffing.
The title of your post intrigued me a lot ! Too funny ! Great job on your breads !
They look great! well done. A really nice crumb on your bread. They look like they are really soft and tender. Good job
I love the idea of ‘stuffing’ the bread – and it looks sensational.
I think next time I would do the same re the water/flour ratio – maybe just 2 cups of the potato cooking water?
Mind you, it had a great chewy density to it – sort of like comfort bread. The carb you need when you really need carbs.
I love the bad boyfriend analogy! Great job!
HaHa! Bad boyfriend huh…? I think I had the same issues as youdid with the dough being too sticky. And just for the record, I did all my swearing coz my kids werent around..!! Nice Job GAbi, especially the stuffing. Lovely!
Great job on your challenge. I love the comparison between a a bad boyfriend and the sticky dough!!
Love the bad boyfriend analogy! Too bad we can’t pummel and wash our hands of them like this dough.
It looks great, especially with that stuffing. I don’t know how you managed to save any for the bread, I’d have eaten it all well before then!
I love the idea of stuffed rolls, very nice!
Gorgeous bread, Fab job! The stuffing sounds delicious. This was a great challenge for Thanksgiving time. I loved it! xo
Very interesting ingredients in your “stuffing”. Good job!
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Nice analogy 🙂 And a beautiful job on the potato bread!
I love your comparison of the bread to a bad boyfriend! Your bread looks wonderful!
What a great post! I love the bad boyfriend tie in. Perfect! Your results look great. and that stuffing, wow!
wow these all look great, good recipe added in, too funny about a bad boyfriend