Side Dish

Basic Italian Bread is for Side Dish.

Basic Italian Bread takes 35 minutes to prepare.

Basic Italian Bread takes 15 minutes to cook.

Basic Italian Bread makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Basic Italian Bread are:

4-5 cups organic, unbleached, all-purpose flour
4 tsp dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 3/4 cups warm water

Here is how you make Basic Italian Bread:

In a large mixing bowl, add 3 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Mix thoroughly. Drizzle in olive oil and mix in.Add warm water all at once and stir. Add flour if mixture is too wet to turn out.When mixture will not accept any more flour by mixing, turn out onto a floured surface. Knead for 10-12 minutes, adding flour as needed until dough no longer sticks to your hands. Continue kneading until dough is soft, elastic and pillowy.EITHER put back into oiled mixing bowl and cover loosely with plastic wrap and a towel for approximately 20 minutes, until dough has doubled in size, then punch down and divide (if making rolls or smaller loaves) let rise again on baking sheet or in baking pan until doubled.ORPlace dough (divide if necessary) on baking sheet or in baking pan and let rise about 20 minutes until doubled in size.Bake for 15-20 minutes at 425 degrees.Serving Size: Makes 1 large loaf, 2 small loaves or 8-10 rollsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SRKIENLE.

The nutritional information for Basic Italian Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 223.0

• Total Fat: 1.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 872.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 45.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 6.2 g

Basic Italian Bread is Italian cuisine.