Warmth in a bowl... a BREAD bowl!

Today was just another day of class, except for the fact that we made BREAD BOWLS! You know, like they do at a couple of those delicious chain restaurants where they make a ball of dough, score it bake it off and pull out the middle.  What's better on a cold day than a hot cup of soup in a bowl that I can eat?

We made our bowls out of Sourdough which adds a strong and wonderful flavor to whatever soup, pasta, or chili that you decide to fill it with.  For my class, our TA made chili.  She puts jalepenos and sausage in her chili which was honestly fantastic! On top, we each could add whatever we wanted, and I opted for sour cream, green onion, and cheese, because honestly, what could be better?!?

At the end of the day, the sour dough turned out adorable! And the chili was amazing, best lunch I could have asked for. (:

Tips:

* We took scissors and cut a slit in each side of the dough, this has two purposes, one it allows the gases to escape from the bread while it bakes causing there to be no obvious seams, and two it looks like a small handle when your bread is finished baking!

* We cut the top off of the finished bread and scooped out the centers, if you're not careful, you can take out too much center leaving you with a bigger cavity so come hungry! 

* Each of our bread bowls were made of 250 grams of dough which translates to approximately 8 ounces.  For our needs, this was more than plenty big with each of them being about 3inches across.  If you want them to be larger, use more dough!

* Be sure to roll them tightly because if you don't, the bowls will be flatter as opposed to being higher, so enjoy yourself and see what deliciousness you can fill yours with! (:

Bake Love, Not War (: