This my favourite bread recipe that I’ve baked so much. Get imaginative with the herbs and add whichever u like. With this same formula you can bake Rosemary Bread, Oregano Bread, Thyme Bread, Spiced Mexican Bread, whatever your imagination takes you.
If you’re using a bread machine, just add the ingredients to the machine in the sequence listed and let the machine do the magic.
Makes a 1lb loaf. Preparation time depends on individual bread machine. On my Zojirushi breadmaker, its 180 minutes. If you’re baking by hand, it will take about 210 minutes.
- 6 oz water
- 1.5 tbsp white sugar (do not use raw sugar)
- 1 tsp salt (sea or pink preferred)
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (can replace with other oils but olive oil gives it a better aroma)
- 2 cup bread flour
- 2 tbsp Top or cake flour
- 1 tsp Dried active yeast
- 1 tsp Italian herbs
Note
- You can replace white sugar with honey but do not use raw or brown sugar as the the yeast is not able to metabolise raw and brown sugar.
- I use extra virgin olive oil. You can also use sunflower oil or corn oil for a neutral tasting white bread. The oil you use will impart its taste to the bread so avoid heavy tasting oils unless you want that taste in the bread. Check out my other bread recipes for more ideas.
- If you have a kitchen mixer with the dough hook, you can replace steps 2-4 with the bread machine and let the dough rise in the machines mixing bowl covered. Personally I love kneading my dough with hands as it is good exercise for shapely arms but it can be challenging for the inexperienced baker, so I don’t recommend it until you have build up certain confidence in baking bread
Keywords:
bread, italian, herb, aroma
Read it online:
https://www.wokdiaries.com/recipe/italian-white-bread/