Swiss Onion Spiral Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 19 mins Preparation Time: 49 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 16 ounces frozen bread dough, thawed
• 4 ounces swiss cheese, shredded (1 cup)
• 2 tablespoons cooked bacon, crisp-cooked and crumbled or 2 tablespoons bacon bits
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds (may add more to taste) or 1/2 teaspoon dill seed, for garnish (may add more to taste)

Recipe

• 1 either grease a cookie sheet, or place ungreased silpat sheet on cookie sheet.
• 2 in a small skillet cook onion in butter or margarine until tender.
• 3 on floured surface roll out bread dough to a 17x7-inch rectangle, spread cooked onion over dough.
• 4 sprinkle shredded cheese and bacon on top.
• 5 roll up jelly-roll fashion from the long side, pinching edges to seal.
• 6 place roll, seam side down, on cookie sheet. score top of loaf crosswise, making cuts 1/4-inch deep.
• 7 cover; let rise in a warm place 30-45 minutes or until almost double.
• 8 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 9 brush top of bread with egg; sprinkle with poppy seed or dill seed.
• 10 bake 25-30 minutes. serve warm.
• 11 note: to reheat, wrap in foil and heat in 400-degree-fahrenheit oven for 15-20 minutes.).