Tasty Tidbits: Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo)

Ingredients:

*1 package Yoki Pão de Queijo mix

*2 medium eggs

*1/2 cup water

Directions:

Put mix into medium size mixing bowl. Add eggs and water, stir together to form dough. Kneed dough for 3-5 minutes with hands. Divide dough into golf ball size balls. Place balls on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes in oven preheated to 350. Let cool for 5 minutes, then enjoy!

*Yoki mix was purchased at Lee Lee's Market (AZ). Yoki products are available at Ranch 99 Markets. Word of warning, Yoki products are in Portuguese (hence the recipe given here).**Balls may collapse slightly after cooling.
We enjoyed our pão de queijo on St. Patrick's Day with green chicken broccoli alfredo. Delish!

Tasty Tidbits: Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:
*2 3/4 cups brown rice flour
*1/3 cup sweet brown rice flour
*1/2 cup sugar
*2 teaspoons baking powder
*1 teaspoon salt
*1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*1 carton 16 oz sour cream
*2 eggs
*2 Tablespoons caraway seeds
*1/2 cup raisins (optional. I prefer NO raisins)

Directions:
Prepare 9 in. spring-form pan. Place a few drops vegetable oil in bottom of pan; coat entire pan with oil. Dust pan with flour, enough to lightly coat pan. Set aside. In large mixing bowl, combine brown rice flour, sweet brown rice flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt. In small mixing bowl, beat eggs. Add sour cream and beat until well mixed. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, stirring with wooden spoon. Dough will be thick. Once dough begins to ball up, fold in caraway seeds (and raisins, if using them) with hands (making sure hands are floured so dough does not stick). Place dough in spring-form pan; dust with flour. Pat dough down until level. Using a butter knife, make an "X" across the top of the dough. Place in oven pre-heated to 350 for 50 minutes. Bread should pop right out of pan.

*I just made this recipe for the first time (altered from one I found on recipezaar) and it turned out perfect! Using it for St.Paddy's Day.

**When I have sweet brown rice flour on hand, I like to incorporate it into my recipes. If you do not have both brown rice flour and sweet brown rice flour, you may use one type of flour (and yes, there is a difference between the two).