While I can't reach the greatness of a bread from Panera, I do have my own bread bowl recipe, that is pretty good.
The first thing that you have to do is mix the bread dough together. Mix 1 and 1/2 cups of flour, 1 package of yeast, 1 tbs of sugar and 1 tsp of salt together. Next heat 1/2 cup of water, 1/3 cup of milk and 1 tbs of butter, until the butter is melted. Stir this into the dry mixture, and then add 1 egg. Mix well and add more flour as needed to make the dough easy to handle. Sprinkle a surface with flour, and knead the dough until it is smooth. Cover and let the dough raise for 10-15 minutes.
This is enough dough for one bread bowl. Double the recipe for two bowls, triple for three, etc...
The hard part of the bread bowls is the dough maintaining it's bowl shape while cooking. Putting the dough into a bowl into the freezer, and allowing it to partially freeze to maintain it's shape, helps in the cooking.
After the dough is shaped, place it on a cookie sheet and into the oven at 400 degrees and cook until the dough is cooked through.
Cut out the top, like you would when you're cutting into a pumpkin. Take out extra dough if needed, then add your favorite soup. Enjoy!
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