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Estelyn Telcontar · 04-13-2002, 05:56 AM

Bilbo’s Seedcakes

Combine: 1 package dry yeast, 2 tsp. sugar, 2 Tbsp. warm water, let stand for 5 minutes.
Melt: ½ cup butter in 1 cup milk, cool.
Beat: ½ cup sugar, 3 eggs, ½ tsp. salt, then stir in yeast and milk mixtures.
Add: 4 ½ cups flour (I use part whole grain flour)
Beat dough for 5 minutes.
Let rise until double in bulk; then punch down and shape into rolls (1/3 of finished size) and place in greased muffin pans or on greased baking sheet. Let rise until double.
Brush tops with mixture of 1 egg yolk and 1 Tbsp. milk or water.
Sprinkle generously with sesame and/or poppy seeds.
Bake at 425° F. for 15 – 18 minutes (watch carefully, lower temperature if necessary – they burn easily!)
Remove from pans immediately.

(I’ve wondered what dough seedcakes are made of since my last rereading of “The Hobbit”; my good old “Joy of Cooking” has a poundcake recipe for seedcake, but that sounds terribly rich. This is a lighter, coffeecake/sweetroll type version.)

04-13-2002, 05:56 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Bilbo’s Seedcakes Combine: 1 package dry yeast, 2 tsp. sugar, 2 Tbsp. warm water, let stand for 5 minutes. Melt: ½ cup butter in 1 cup milk, cool. Beat: ½ cup sugar, 3 eggs, ½ tsp. salt, then stir in yeast and milk mixtures. Add: 4 ½ cups flour (I use part whole grain flour) Beat dough for 5 minutes. Let rise until double in bulk; then punch down and shape into rolls (1/3 of finished size) and place in greased muffin pans or on greased baking sheet. Let rise until double. Brush tops with mixture of 1 egg yolk and 1 Tbsp. milk or water. Sprinkle generously with sesame and/or poppy seeds. Bake at 425° F. for 15 – 18 minutes (watch carefully, lower temperature if necessary – they burn easily!) Remove from pans immediately. (I’ve wondered what dough seedcakes are made of since my last rereading of “The Hobbit”; my good old “Joy of Cooking” has a poundcake recipe for seedcake, but that sounds terribly rich. This is a lighter, coffeecake/sweetroll type version.) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

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