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Squaw Bread

August 29, 2018 By Amanda Cooks & Styles 18 Comments

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Squaw Bread – Sweet, hearty, and soft squaw bread is my ultimate weak spot. This bread serves as the ultimate sandwich bread or can also serve with warm butter for a delicious appetizer.

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squaw bread recipe

Here are the ingredients you need to make Squaw Bread:

  • wheat flour
  • all-purpose flour
  • granulated sugar
  • active dry yeast
  • warm water
  • molasses
  • honey
  • butter
  • cocoa powder
  • salt

Here are the tools you need for this recipe:

  • Stand Mixer
  • Parchment Paper
  • Measuring Spoons and Cups
  • Pizza Stone or Baking Sheet

How to make homemade Squaw Bread:

Combine yeast, water and sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer and let sit for about 5 minutes for yeast activation.

Add molasses, honey, butter, cocoa powder, salt and wheat flour to the yeast mixture. Fit your mixer with dough hook and begin to knead over medium-low speed. Add remaining flour and continue to knead until a ball of dough begins to form around your hook and pulls away from the bowl. If your dough is still too sticky and not forming a ball, add more all-purpose flour about 2 tbsp at a time.

Transfer the ball of dough to a lightly greased bowl. Cover with a clean towel and let dough rise for about 1 hour or until it doubles in size.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. If you have a pizza stone: Place a pizza stone in the oven to preheat for about 20-30 minutes. ** If you don’t have a pizza stone, skip this step and use a baking sheet.

Sprinkle parchment paper with cornmeal and place the smooth ball of dough on top. When ready, carefully slide parchment paper with dough onto a baking sheet or the preheated pizza stone.

Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and sounds hollow when you knock on the bread.

Remove from oven and let cool on a cooling rack.

Squaw Bread

Amanda Cooks & Styles
Squaw Bread – Sweet, hearty, and soft squaw bread is my ultimate weak spot. This bread serves as the ultimate sandwich bread or can also serve with warm butter for a delicious appetizer.
4.75 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 1 hr 30 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 2 hrs
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 1 large loaf

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • 2-1/2 cups wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 pkg active dry yeast
  • 1-1/2 cups warm water 105 – 110 degrees F
  • 4 tbsp molasses
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp butter softened
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp cornmeal

Instructions
 

  • Combine yeast, water and sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer and let sit for about 5 minutes for yeast activation.
  • Add molasses, honey, butter, cocoa powder, salt and wheat flour to the yeast mixture. Fit your mixer with dough hook and begin to knead over medium-low speed. Add remaining flour and continue to knead until a ball of dough begins to form around your hook and pulls away from the bowl. If your dough is still too sticky and not forming a ball, add more all-purpose flour about 2 tbsp at a time.
  • Transfer the ball of dough to a lightly greased bowl. Cover with a clean towel and let dough rise for about 1 hour or until it doubles in size.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. If you have a pizza stone: Place a pizza stone in the oven to preheat for about 20-30 minutes. ** If you don't have a pizza stone, skip this step and use a baking sheet.
  • Sprinkle parchment paper with cornmeal and place smooth ball of dough on top. When ready, carefully slide parchment paper with dough onto a baking sheet or the preheated pizza stone.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and sounds hollow when you knock on the bread.
  • Remove from oven and let cool on a cooling rack.
Keyword squaw bread, squaw bread recipe, sweet brown bread

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Comments

  1. Winnie

    September 7, 2022 at 5:46 am

    Quick question, after dough rises do you punch down and form a ball or just dump dough over and into pan and bake as is?

    Reply
    • Amanda Cooks & Styles

      September 10, 2022 at 6:47 am

      Hi Winnie, Do not punch down. Dump over and gently smooth out into ball. You can lightly flour your hands to make this easier. :)Amanda

      Reply
  2. T Ray

    August 17, 2022 at 11:25 am

    Made this bread and the outside kinda of burned before the minimum time. Cooked just long enough to get to 190. The inside tastes good. Any ideas what the problem is. Used a pizza stone for baking. Actually the bottom didn’t burn at all.

    Reply
  3. Elizabeth

    June 6, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    5 stars
    The bread is excellent. I made in bread machine and then cooked in Dutch Oven. The bread cracks on the sides. Any suggestions?

    Reply
  4. Matt

    January 26, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    After the dough rises in the bowl, do you reshape on the counter before putting on the parchment paper?

    Reply
    • Amanda Cooks & Styles

      January 26, 2022 at 4:54 pm

      Hi Matt, Very gently shape dough into a ball then place on parchment paper for baking. :)Amanda

      Reply
  5. Nancy S

    January 9, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    5 stars
    GREAT recipe! Have made several times easy and delicious! Tonnight iits Bean and Ham Soup and Squaw Bread for Sunday supper Its below zero outside so shoold taste good!

    Reply
  6. Katy

    October 1, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Amanda,
    I love this recipe! I’m working on my Thanksgiving menu and wondered if you think this could be modified to make rolls instead. If so, what changes would you recommend?
    Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Francisco

    August 2, 2020 at 8:46 am

    5 stars
    Love this one It is hard to find a good squaw bread recipe and this tastes just like squaw should.

    Reply
  8. Margaret

    May 17, 2020 at 11:23 pm

    5 stars
    This bread is delicious. Made it in my bread machine. Came out great. Used the wheat bread setting for large loaf (wasn’t sure how big it would be). My whole family loved it. Will definitely be making again (probably on medium loaf setting). Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Amanda Cooks & Styles

      July 17, 2020 at 11:45 am

      Hi Margaret! I am so happy you enjoyed this recipe 🙂

      Reply
  9. Lilliana

    May 10, 2020 at 2:43 am

    4 stars
    I’ve made this bread several times now. It’s a wonderful recipe but cooking AS recipe says my loaves were a bit overdone (slightly burnt). I’ve opted to cook in a Dutch oven for the first 20 min. and then remove the lid for the last bit of time. It is now perfect. I’ve also cut off chunks with a very sharp knife sprayed with nonstick bakers spray and made rolls. Only takes 15 to 20 min to cook kind of have to go by sight and smell. Make good rolls or even sandwich or hamburger buns. I’ve been a baking fool and this recipe is def in the rotation! Thank you for posting!

    Reply
  10. Myrn

    February 24, 2020 at 4:41 am

    4 stars
    Good. Recipe has a very crusty exterior. Soft molasses center. Next time I may lower the heat a bit to be sure it’s cooked thoroughly.Happy to have found a squaw bread recipe. There are not many of them.

    Reply
  11. Jared

    January 22, 2020 at 2:58 am

    Would this work in a bread maker machine?

    Reply
    • Amanda

      January 22, 2020 at 2:47 pm

      I have never tried this recipe in a bread machine. If you try it, I’d love to know how it turns out 🙂

      Reply
  12. Kim

    January 9, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Instead of a pizza stone, can this bread be baked in a Dutch oven or a round stoneware baker?

    Reply
    • Amanda

      January 9, 2020 at 9:48 pm

      Yes, it will still need to be preheated prior to baking the bread. 🙂

      Reply
  13. Ashley Estrada

    January 9, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    5 stars
    This recipe is perfect! Always looking for squaw bread and can’t find it anywhere. Finally decided to make my own and wow so good definitely going to be making it often

    Reply

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