Bread chargers are a fun gourmet solution for creative presentation.
These fancy little bread plates are inexpensive, easy to make with your children and can hold your Seize Her Salad.
Topped with frog, fairy and wand fairy tale croutons made from sourdough bread cut out with cookie cutters from TJ Maxx or a gourmet kitchen store; it’s the beginning of a magical meal.
Save your home tip: old quilts make improvised slipcovers to protect furniture when hosting a large group for dinner or a potentially sticky group for Halloween.
French Bread Charger (or Trencher) Recipe
Preheat oven to 400°. Place in a mixing bowl, stir and let
react until foam covers the surface
2 C very warm water, almost hot
2 TBSP dry active yeast
2 TBSP sugar
Add
1 TBSP salt
2 C all-purpose flour
Beat until smooth, add and beat again;
2 C flour
Add and beat until a smooth elastic dough is formed
1 1/2 – 2 C whole wheat flour
Let the dough rest for a few minutes, then roll it out 1/2″
thick and form it into flat pumpkin, sun or circle shapes (I
cut the edges with scissors to give it interest.) Preheat oven
to 400°. Bake at 400° until golden.Whisk together
2 egg whites
2 TBSP of water
When bread is golden in color, use a pastry brush to glaze
the bread with the egg wash and return to oven until glaze
is dried and shiny. Remove chargers from oven, place on
rack to cool. May be frozen for several weeks in airtight
containers.
Seize Her Salad
We love this quick and easy version of the classic. Toss together
1 bag chopped romaine lettuce
1 generous handful Caesar croutons
bottled light Caesar dressing such as Ken’s Steak House Lite ®
grated Parmesan cheese
Diced cooked and cooled chicken breasts (optional)
For more magical recipes, download your
A Harvest and Halloween Handbook
from Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon.com
For more Halloween treats, please join host Kim Power Stilson and me for a Halloween chat on BYU Sirius Radio 143
October 31st at 3 p.m. Eastern.
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