Cheese bread

Last week I read the New York Times Magazine article about sugar and how horrible it is. While I love sugar, I recognize that it isn't good for me. The whole sugar-in-any-quantity-is-poison thing doesn't really resonate with me, but I found myself thinking at the end of the article, "I'll quit eating sugar when my lipid specialist says I can eat all the cheese I want." Seriously, I'd trade cheese for sugar, because I love cheese so so so much. The whole lipitor lifestyle makes a lot of cheese ill-advised, so I try to enjoy small amounts of cheese as much as I can. I have a recipe for truly decadent cheese bread, but I make it maybe once a year. Fortunately for me, it is a Cook's Illustrated recipe, and they revamped it in their book America's Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook that I'm always raving about. The recipe is perfect as it is, so go buy the cookbook. It is worth mentioning that it doesn't contain any weird edible non-food substances like fat-free sour cream or fat-free half and half. It uses lowfat buttermilk, whole wheat flour, and less cheese than the original. Here's a photo. It looks better in person, of course!


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