A twist on a classic favorite - roast beef bread bowls

Who doesn't love hot roast beef smothered in gravy atop a heaping pile of mashed potatoes and bread? Hot shots are by far one of my favorite dinners. However even I get bored of my favorite things, so I decided to mix it up a bit and instead of regular bread on the bottom of the yummy pile of goodness I decided to bake up a delicious bread bowl.

How to make the bread bowl :

What you'll need :

2 cups + 4 Tablespoons warm water

2 packages of active dry yeast (5 1/2 teaspoons)

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

2 Tablespoons granulated sugar

3 teaspoons salt

6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - If your dough is too sticky you may add additional flour at 1 tsp at a time. If your dough if too dry add water 1tsp at a time. NO more or you could ruin your dough.

Using a large mixing bowl, add warm water and sprinkle in yeast.  Let dissolve for a few minutes until yeast becomes foamy.  Be sure to sprinkle the yeast and don't just dump into the water ..It will clump and become unusable.

Add melted butter, sugar and salt and mix until combined.  Gradually add flour.  Once combined, knead your dough for about 5 minutes, or until it becomes a puffy firm ball of dough.

Form into 6 equal sized balls.  

Place on a greased cookie sheet and let rise until doubled - about an hour

Preheat oven to 425 degrees and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown. 

 Let cool until warm and cut off the top, remove some of the bread from the inside...this becomes your bowl for your potatoes and roast beef.

The gravy is VERY HARD to make (not really) I take a package of brown gravy mix, a package of Au Ju gravy mix and 2tbs of all purpose flour with the recommended water (2c) and mix in a medium sauce LAN on medium.
After the mix is well mixed with the water add the sliced roast beef, the gravy will flavor the roast beef as it thickens.

After the gravy is hot and thickened, put a scoop of mashed potatoes in the bread bowl (I used garlic mashed potatoes) and use a spoon and kind of push it down into the bowl. Next spoon over roast beef and gravy...and there you have it. A twist on a classic meal. It is sooo good!