Saturday Supper - Bread Bowls filled with Broccoli Cheese Soup

It was another wonderful snowy day here.  We played in the snow and my husband got to be a "little boy" and play with his truck.  He just had to get on the roads to try out his 4 wheel drive.  We have played Uno today and enjoyed being a family.  I think these are the best kind of Saturdays to have.

For supper, we thawed the Broccoli Cheese Soup we made last weekend.  I made bread bowls today for the first time ever.  It seems that I have made some type of bread almost daily this week.  I do have a bread machine which helps simplify the process.  Most of the time I end up baking in the oven instead of the bread machine itself.

The bread bowls were yummy!  They turned out triangular instead of round but that sure didn't affect the taste.  I should have used a larger plan so they could have had more room to rise separately instead of into one another.

Bread Bowls
2 1/4 teaspoons of active yeast
1 1/4 cups of warm water (110 Degrees F)
1 Tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
butter or margarine to brush over when done

1.  Place the yeast, water and sugar into bread machine pan.  Let sit for 10 minutes to proof the yeast.
2.  Add the salt, vegetable oil, and flour to the pan.
3.  Put into the bread machine and set on the dough setting.
4.  After the cycle is done, separate the dough into 4 equal sections and roll into balls
5.  Place the rolls onto a pan lined with nonstick foil and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.  They will sound hollow when done.
6.  Turn bowls out of the pan and brush with butter to keep all sides soft.
7.  Cut the top off with a serrated knife and use a fork to pull the soft inside bread out to serve on the side.
8.  Fill with soup and enjoy.