BOBOLI CRUST

A bread recipe for BOBOLI CRUST.

Italian-AmericanVegetarianIntermediate135 min

Ingredients

Servings
2
  • 2 1/2 c BREAD flour
  • 1/2 ts -Salt
  • 3/4 ts Active dry yeast
  • 1 c -Warm water
  • 2 sm Cloves garlic; thinly sliced
  • 2 tb Rosemary*
  • 3 tb Bertolli Light olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

  2. 2

    Combine flour, salt, yeast and water in bowl. Blend well, turn out onto floured surface. Knead well, about 15 minutes.

  3. 3

    Place in lightly greased bowl, not buttered, cover with a damp cloth and let rise for 1-1/2 hours (until doubled in bulk).

  4. 4

    Turn dough out, punch down and knead for 5 minutes or so. Return to bowl and let rise until doubled in bulk.

  5. 5

    Punch down and turn out on lightly floured board. Roll and press out to about 1/2 inch thickness.

  6. 6

    This recipe makes about 1-12 inchers-so you can judge whether to double or reduce the recipe.

  7. 7

    Rub surface of baking (cookie) sheet with oil and transfer the dough round to the sheet.

  8. 8

    Make several indentations with the point of a knife in the dough and insert garlic slices and rosemary into indentations.

  9. 9

    Rub olive oil (pour) onto surface and gently smooth over the surface. Salt and pepper surface LIGHTLY.

  10. 10

    Bake 10-12 minutes or until just golden.

  11. 11

    Remove from oven and TAKE OUT THE GARLIC SLIVERS!

Tags

americanbread-recipes-500italian-american

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