Cottage Cheese Onion Bread

2 packages dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 cup cottage cheese, well drained
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 cup onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons dill seed
1 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup wheat germ
3 1/2 cups flour
Or omit wheat germ and use all flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Heat cottage cheese and butter until lukewarm. Combine the cottage cheese and butter with the eggs, onion, sugar, dill seed, salt and baking soda. Mix well. Stir in the yeast. Add wheat germ and flour gradually as dough forms. Beat well. Cover and let rise until double in size. Stir down and knead about one minute. Place in loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees about 60 minutes. Bread should be nicely browned.