Dilly Bread

Name: Dilly Bread
Prep time: 5 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 6 h 55 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp chopped onion; 1 Tbsp butter or oleo; 1 pkg dry yeast; ¼ cup warm water; 1 cup cottage cheese (heated to lukewarm); 2 Tbsp sugar; 2 Tbsp dill seed; 1 tsp salt; ¼ tsp baking soda; 1 egg; 2½ cups sifted flour

Marye Breads & Rolls

Serves 1 loaf Prep 15 min + 1.5 hr rise + 40 min rise Cook 55-60 min at 350°

Typewritten Dilly Bread card with the "SALUTE ONION… HE HE" typo.

From a typewritten card in Marye's collection. The original has the lovely typo "SALUTE ONION IN MARGARINE. HE HE." — preserved verbatim above as a tiny window into whoever typed the card laughing at themselves.

Ingredients

2 Tbsp chopped onion
1 Tbsp butter or oleo
1 pkg dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1 cup cottage cheese (heated to lukewarm)
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp dill seed
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
1 egg
2½ cups sifted flour

Instructions

1. "SALUTE ONION IN MARGARINE. HE HE." — preserved verbatim from the typewritten card; she means sauté the chopped onion in the butter or oleo until soft.
2. Soften the yeast in the warm water.
3. Combine the heated cottage cheese, sugar, sautéed onion, dill seed, salt, baking soda, egg, and yeast. Mix well.
4. Add the sifted flour. Don't add enough flour to make a really stiff dough — it's okay for it to be a little sticky.
5. Cover and let rise until double in size (about 1¼ hours).
6. Punch down. Turn into a well-greased loaf pan or round baking dish.
7. Let rise 40 minutes.
8. Bake at 350°F for 55 to 60 minutes. Cover with foil the last 15 minutes of baking.
9. Brush with margarine and sprinkle with salt.

Notes

Original typist's note: "All I could work into mine was 2 cups, though I am going to try to do the 2½ next time." And: "I did the loaf pan." (i.e., picked the loaf-pan option over a round baking dish).