SC - Rose petal bread

[Debra Poole]

Here's what we have of it so far.  If anyone has the full recipe I missed
it and would love it again.  I have a rose petal cake recipe that I have
been meaning to add to this discussion.  I'll try to get to it tonight.

Thanks
Mere 

>I also have a recipe for Rose petal bread from the same event as the Payn
>Pur-Dew, and it looks to be from the same source also, like a magazine of
>some kind. It is a yeast bread.
>
>Rose-Petal Bread
>
>2 pkg active dry yeast
>2 c warm water
>6 tbsp honey
>7 c unbleached white or whole wheat flour
>1 2/3 tbsp coarse salt
>6 whole eggs plus one egg yolk
>1 c currants, softened in warm water
>6 tbsp melted butter
>butter for greasing bowls and cookie sheet
>1 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
>1 1/2 tsp dried basil
>1/2 tsp cinnamon
>2/3 to one cup finely chopped rose petals (between one and two dozen red
roses)
>several drops of red food paint, prepared as the medieval baker would, in
>advance (see page 116) (?)
>
>1. Sprinkle the yeast on 1/2 c of the warm water in a mixing bowl. Stir in
>the honey. let it stand for 5 minutes.
>2. Add the remaining warm water with about 2 1/2 to 3 cups of flour. Beat
>by hand with a wooden spoon, about 200 strokes. Cover with a damp towel, put
>in a warm place, and let the dough rise 30 to 45 minutes until it is doubled
>in bulk.
>
>
>Oh Sh**! That is all I have of the recipe! No baking instructions, or if it
>needs a second rise! ( The instructions I pasted to the *back* of the
>card...) Wish I had noticed that before i typed it all. I'm sure Bear can
>give us a good approximation of what the end of the recipe should be
>(please?). Again I left the recipe intact (what I have of it *sigh*) so that
>someone might remember the source. Maybe a Bon Appetite from 1983? That was
>the year of the event anyway (and when I graduated high school BTW).
>
>Aislinn
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>Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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