1 : /2 c All-purpose flour
1/4 : ts Salt
4 : tb Vegetable shortening
2 : oz Lowfat cream cheese
2 : ts Lemon juice
4 : tb Ice water; up to 5Tbs
1 : md Sweet potato; thinly sliced
2 : c Basmati rice; dry measure
2 : tb Olive oil
1 : ts Saffron threads; gently
-toasted : -toasted
2 : tb V-8 juice
0: As you can see by previous Greek bread recipes, the Greek Housewives made plenty of bread
1: These recipes are directly from Greece and are in fairly large quantity
2: However this and other bread recipes can easily be halved for the smaller hosehold
3: All yeast breads freeze well too
4: Crumble yeast in the warm water and let dissolve
5: Beat the margarine until light and mix into the flour and yeast mixture
6: Then stir in the oil, sugar, salt, cinnamon, eggs if using ( a lighter baked good ) and the milk, adding " more if needed" to produce a kneadable nonsticky dough
7: Knead smooth and elastic
8: Cover in a large bowl and let rise double
9: Punch down and let rise double again
10: Shape into 5 loaves and place in pans
11: Beat egg and milk together and brush loaves
12: Slash top of each bread
13: Bake 400 for 15 minutes and then 375 for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden and done
14: Recipe can be halved easily
15: From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www
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