MOROCCAN HOLIDAY BREAD…BAKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE… "YES WE CAN"!
Moroccan Holiday Bread
BAKE BREAD – GIVE DOUGH – FEED AFRICA!
Breadline Africa is a South African-based charity that is seeking to put a lasting end to poverty South Africa (and further afield in Africa) by breaking the cycle of poverty and helping communities to achieve long-term self-sustainability. Breadline Africa was founded in 1993 when a group of community and social workers in South Africa (who had first-hand knowledge of the uniquely African problems that they faced) formed an alliance with like-minded colleagues in Europe (who were well-placed to source donations in valuable foreign currency). Armed with this unique combination of skills, Breadline Africa has been able to raise funds in Europe and use their local knowledge to identify which small, ground-level projects in Africa are most likely to succeed with a financial boost. 
On Blog Action Day, Breadline Africa launched their Worldwide Blogger Bake-Off campaign. The aim is to raise $1 million in funds for a project to convert shipping containers into locations for food production and distribution in Africa. It is hoped that these sustainable community kitchens will not only provide food such as bread and soup to those in need, but also opportunities for skills development within poor communities.
Bloggers can download the Blogger Bake-off widget and tag five other bloggers to do the same – I am tagging these five to bake bread:
Val @ More Than Burnt Toast
Aparna @ My Diverse Kitchen
Manggy @ No Special Effects
Rosie @ Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake
Nuria @ Spanish Recipes 
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Lightly grease a baking sheet or line with parchment.
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Sift the flours & salt into a bowl.
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Cream the yeast in a 100ml warm water + 100 ml warm milk, with a tsp of sugar. proof for 5-10 minutes.
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Pour into the flour mix & make a fairly soft dough. Knead for 5 minutes until smooth & elastic. Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap & leave to rise in a warm place, until doubled in size, for about an hour.
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Turn out on a lightly floured surface, knock back, & gently knead the seeds into it. eave a few seeds for sprinkling on top. Shape into a loaf (original recipe has a round ball), flatten slightly, & place on prepared sheet.
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Leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 200C.
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Brush the top of the loaf with water, sprinkle seeds on top, & bake for 30-35 minutes until it’s golden, & makes a hollow sound when tapped. (I placed a bowl of water under the tray, & spritzed the oven twice).
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Transfer to a rack to cool. We had it warm, & it was wonderful. Tasted great on it’s own, & even better with a brush of butter. The kids loved it too, both without, & later, with butter!
I’m sending this to Susan @ Wild Yeast for her ongoing event ‘Yeastspotting.’
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
36 Comments
Aparna
Your bread looks fantastic, Deeba. The seeds certainly give it a middle eastern/ north African look.
Now your breads are looking as good as your other confectionaries.
Saw the tag. Let me see what I can do.
Bellini Valli
Thank yoy Deeba for thinking of me. I will see what I can do for this worthy cause:D
Manggy
Looks delicious, Deeba..
Snooky doodle
wow you always amaze me with your baking and your fantastic pictures and this post is no exception 🙂
Curry Leaf
Lovely.I love all your baked goodies.They have an out of the world charm.The bread is fantastic
Núria
Hola Sweetheart♥
Thanks for thinking about me! Now I have no excuse not to try kneading some bread and baking it ;D. Of course I’m in 😀 although it will be difficult to improve your skills… I’m craving for your moroccan bread… awesome, love that sunflower seeds on top… where’s the knife and the ham?
Laurie
I love bread loafs with lots of seeds! This looks delicious too Deeba!!
Arfi Binsted
oh i love bread topped with nuts or seeds. a bonus for the heart, i suppose.
Kalai
That’s a beautiful loaf of bread!! Looks amazing! 🙂
Bunny
A great reason to bake bread Deeba, and yours looks wonderful!
Reeni
Your bread is beautiful! And even more so because it’s for a worthy cause. I understand now why you “had to!”
Proud Italian Cook
A very worthy cause Deeba, your bread looks awesome. I love the toppings and the color of the inside. Passionate about baking was a perfect title for your blog.
Sooo true!!!
noble pig
It’s beautiful, wow, love all the seeds…and very holidayish!
Tamsin
Your bread looks amazing!
Just a quick note to say THANKS FOR JOINING THE BLOGGER BAKE OFF!
There has been such a great response so far and we’ve had alot of amazing input from everyone so our campaign is really shaping up.
We’ll be blogging about some of our projects very soon so please do check out our blog on the home page of the Bake Off website (www.bloggerbakeoff.com)
You can also check out our top recipes and fundraisers.
Thanks again!
Tamsin – Breadline Africa
Pearlsofeast
Wow this bread looks out the world and cornmeal imparts a lovely colour.
Thats a great cause and u have done an great job.
Jeanne
Oh Deeba – you’ve really risen to the occasion (pardon the pun!!) with this fantastic bread! I love all the seeds and the lovely golden crumb. A fantastic contribution to this excellent campaign 🙂 And thank you for your very kind words about me *blush*
Jeanne
I also meant to say I *LOVE* your site redesign! And I’ve added a link to your bread recipe to my original Blogger Bake-Off post 🙂
nicisme
I can smell it from here… delicious!
Great cause too.
Yasmeen
Sure we can Deeba,I’m going to check out the worthy bake off challenge.
Moroccan bread looks very festive with its seedy texture:)
Susan/Wild Yeast
Obama inspired so many with just those three words — I hope their momentum continues now that the election is over. I’ll participate in the bake-off. Gorgeous bread, as always!
The Peanut Butter Boy
This bread looks wonderful and I love the cause, I’m going to check it out now.
Divya Vikram
Looks just scrumptious..
Darius T. Williams
LOVE the quote and the bread looks stunning!
-DTW
[www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com]
Rosie
Hi Deeba, your tag has been challenged and brioche bread baked and posted on my blog. Many thanks for thinking of me for such a worthy cause, it’s been a pleasure to do 😀
http://rosiebakesapeaceofcake.blogspot.com/2008/11/buttery-brioche-bread-baked-with.html
Your Moroccan bread looks just scrummy and such a great bread bake!
Rosie x
Katie
That bread looks absolutely divine!
meeso
That is a gorgeous bread!
ejm
What beautiful looking bread! The black sesame seeds (at first I thought they were nigella seeds) are really striking.
-Elizabeth
Cakelaw
What a gorgeous bread for a very good cause Deeba! (BTW, I’ve always wanted to tell you that I adore the quotes that you put at the top of each post.)
Susan from Food Blogga
I just saw your bread on Susan’s blog Wild Yeast and came right over. Oh, Deeba, that bread looks divine. And I haven’t been around much this past week, so let me say how much I love your new look.
Kevin
That bread looks amazing! I like all of the seeds.
Dragon
Your bread is absolutely stunning!
lovefrom1stbite
Good job!! I’m glad you posted this. I just love to see Moroccan cuisine circling around. It’s really worth trying..I just posted the Moroccan flat bread recipe yesterday on my blog if you’re interested.
A Moroccan blogger next door 😉
michelle of bleeding espresso
Great cause and great bread! I can almost taste it…lucky me 🙂
Susan
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Susan
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Susan
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Susan
http://www.car-insurance-choices.com
Ferrari Middle East
That's a fantastic recipe on bread!Pics look fabulous!!!!!!Thanks for sharing this recipe!