Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Rosemary Peasant Bread

This is SO good! Very easy to make and did I say it SO good! It made my house smell so delicious. I can't wait for Dave to come home and try it out with a yummy Italian dinner. I got this recipe from one of my favorite website makeandtakes.com This girl always has fabulous crafts for your kids and she also shares some fantastic recipes. Thanks Marie!



Rosemary Peasant Bread

Ingredients:
1 packet yeast
2 C. warm water
1 T sugar
4 C. flour
2 tsp. salt
1-2 fresh rosemary (I used dried and it worked just fine)
Olive Oil
Corn meal flour
Melted butter
Salt

Directions:

Dissolve yeast in the warm water and sugar.

Add flour, salt, and 1-2 tsp Rosemary and stir until blended, do not Knead!! (I used my KitchenAid with the hook attachment)

Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until double in size. (This took me about 1 1/2 hour)

Remove dough. It will be sticky. (Marie's tip: Put shortening or oil on your hands to handle the dough and shaping it. It works better than using flour on your hands).

Place it in 2 rounds on a cookie sheet lightly coated in oil and sprinkled with corn meal. (I used parchmant paper and some oil)

Cover with a towel or greased plastic wrap. Then let it rise another hour.

Brush each round with melted butter and lightly sprinkle with more Rosemary and salt. Bake @ 425 for 10 minutes, then reduce temperature to 375 for 15 minutes more.

Try it out. It's so easy. Marie says it tastes like Macaroni Grill bread and I agree. Its THAT good. Good Luck!

2 comments:

Melissa said...

Ok thanks. I'm gonna try it. Like I do the rest of your stuff you post.

Sarah said...

That looks SO GOOD. I've decided I could easily love off of bread...in fact the piecing on bread before the real food comes out is often my favorite part of eating at a nice restaurant. I will give this a try for sure. Keep the recipes coming they are always tried and filed away.