This is a simple, rustic bread that doesn’t require hours of kneading! The lazy person’s answer to homemade Italian bread…
Ingredient list:
5 cups flour
2 t salt
1 T Italian seasoning
1 t Rosemary
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup very warm water
5 T good olive oil
1 t Kosher salt
Start by mixing together the flour and the 2 t salt
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add the Italian seasoning & the rosemary
and the dry yeast
In a smaller bowl, combine water, milk and 3T of the oil
Stir into flour mixture and beat until thoroughly combined
Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and set in a warm spot for about an hour, or until doubled. Oh, and this is important, make sure the tea towel has a little hole in it..
When the dough has doubled in size, generously flour a cookie sheet and press the dough into a rectangle (11 x 17″). Make dimples in the dough with your fingertips
drizzle the other 2T of olive oil over the top of the bread & sprinkle with the Kosher salt
oh yes, outstanding…
Now, let it rest again, covered with a holey, semi-clean tea towel in a warm spot in your kitchen for another hour
If you have a bake stone, start heating it up about 30 minutes before the bread is done rising, if you don’t, just preheat your oven to 400 degrees before you put the bread in. This is one of those recipes that really tastes better when you use a bake stone, though. Sigh..go get one!
Bake about 15 minutes or until brown
I usually serve this pulled apart into large chunks, with an antipasto platter filled with cheese, meats, pickled vegetables and olives and a bowl of olive oil for dripping. Make some sort of yummy pasta and you have a meal fit for a Contessa! A glass of pinot noir would round it out nicely…
Buon appetit’
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cute bread,
yummy R post.
Hmmmm. A glass of wine and a bit of rosemary pull bread dipped in oil with a few drops of red vinegar. Take me to heaven.
I very much like the aroma and taste of rosemary so this sounds yummy to me!
I love the flavor and aroma of Rosemary! Sounds & looks great…with olive oil & a glass of wine, I’m a happy camper 🙂
thanks for sharing this recipe and for taking those beautiful pictures . How fun ! Just stoppin by for alphabe thursday
I would love to dip this in homemade tomato sauce! Yum!
That looks like a “can do” recipe and a very good R.
That looks delicious and I am so going to make this! Thanks for sharing the recipe and pics.
Rosemary breads are one of the absolute best breads to go with pasta! Thanks for the great recipe!
Looks great, I’m sure it’s always enjoyed:@)
Yum yum..I bet your house smell very good too since rosemary is such a fragrance herb.
I just love the way it looks, and the rosemary would give it just the perfect taste.
Sounds and looks yummy!!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Looks like something I must try – love rosemary and can’t grow enough of it! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I have rosemary in the garden – the first thing I planted last summer when we moved in. I shall try this and let you know how I get on!
thanks
Sounds like a great “snowed in” activity for today. Thanks.
*giggle* I have lots of towels with holes. 🙂
I did quick bread last week for Q, so I am loving this recipe. It is officially on the menu for next week…if I can wait that long.
Mmmmmmmmmmm. I can just smell that yeasty rosemary smell all the way to Tennessee. Yum. Thanks for the recipe.
Looks wonderful!
And I think I can manage the holey, less than clean dish towel…
😉
Wow! This sounds absolutely delish! I’m going to make it next time I serve an antipasto platter. Great idea!! Thanx and have a lovely day!
I LOVE rosemary and I LOVE fresh warm bread. I will have to try this- thanks for posting!
Yummy this looks so good. I came by earlier to catch up with you and I could not get your writing section to load. I will try again and see what happens.
Hope your doing well.
Thanks for sharing this it looks so good
Love
Maggie
Oh Yum yum yum…I love rosemary and that just sounds fantastic. Thank goodness I have lots of holey tea mostly clean towels to make this…
Oooooo – HEAVEN! Happy Alpha-T!
I can smell that bread! Sniiiiiiiiiiiff!! Hmmmmmm.
I often make bread in a breadmaker. I might try throwing in a teaspoon of Italian herbs to see how it tastes 🙂
Thanks for the visit … sorry you had an experience with Azlheimer’s … Mama died on December 2nd, 2006 … and on December 22nd … our daughter and her husband got a call from the adoption agency they’d been working with. Our little baby Phoebe was born that day … and came to our family just four days later! I have to think my mother had something to do with our good luck!
Thanks for the great recipe … gonna make that bread this weekend … I have all the goodies for a big Antiqpasto platter! Sounds so good.
Thanks for sharing.
What a ridiculously delicious stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday’s letter “R”.
I have many rosemary bushes around my house and I think this would be a fun way to use some of it up.
It sounds like it would be good dipped in just about anything.
Thanks for sharing this.
A+
This sounds absolutely fabulous. I wish I were around to get invited to dinner!
This looks GREAT! Can’t wait to try it!
This sounds amazing, I love anything Mediterranean! Thanks for sharing, Nan
Okay, that is the tastiest post I have read all day. And I have just the towel for it too. But no stone…don’t hate me.
Totally gonna try this one out! Thanks!
You had me at “rosemary” and “bread.” YUM.
nice recipe…with detail explanation.
That was a super mean R post… That rustic Italian bread recipe ROCKS but I don’t bake, don’t even have an oven… I do EAT though… sigh…
Great yummy Alphabe-Thursday ‘R’ post! Have a great weekend too and see you again soon,
XOXO Lola:)
Hmmm, I’ve never heard of a baking stone or even know where to find one…. I am definitely curious about this bread though! Looks very yummy and I’ve been trying to find a new bread recipe to try and make for a friend. This sounds like something he might like 🙂
You must be a very good cook! I want that for the breakfast!
Heating my baking stone as I write. Need a bread for book club, I am sure that they will love.
Oh, this makes me want to bake. And eat!
~Amanda
Okay my mouth is officially watering!!! A yummy R post indeed.
Looks delish! You crack me up with the little hole in the tea towel!~Ames 🙂
Can I come to your house? Ok….how about your future house? You are probably an awesome cook and this looks divine! I have a Rosemary bush and and will try it. You temptress!
That looks SO scrumptious! I love rosemary. I will have to make this bread…very soon!
Oh goodness! I just love your recipes and Thank you so much for the printing feature! I printed it just now and look forward to making this!
Blessings & Aloha!
Thank you as always dear friend for your wonderful visit and kind comment! I look forward to seeing that you were by :o)
OMG! You just warmed my heart..he he!
I can almost smell that yummy bread from here. There is nothing like the smell of fresh bread is there! Wish I could join you for that and the glass of wine!
Best wishes and happy Valentine’s,
Natasha.
Wow, this looks doable for even a bread hack like me! And I have all the ingredients, including the pizza stone!