This Homemade Italian Bread is super easy to make with only 6 ingredients and very little time kneading it! Baked up in the oven for a perfect crispy bread!
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You guys we’ve been on a bread making marathon for weeks! We have learned how to make it in our dutch oven or right on the baking sheet! Either way works perfectly and comes out like you are eating bread right from an Italian dinner table!
I will have to say that my hubby is the one who started this marathon and then I kind of took over from him so I could make this recipes with common ingredients that could be found anywhere!
For him, when he adds ingredients to a bowl he does everything by eye but that doesn’t work so well when trying to explain to you guys how to make the bread! No worries, we’ve go it down and finally ready to share!
For the ingredients!
All you need is 6 ingredients and a little bit of time!
- flour
- yeast
- salt
- sugar
- water
- olive oil
How to make this Homemade Italian Bread!
This is a lot easier than you think!
- Add flour, yeast, sugar and salt to bowl. Mix with fork.
- Next pour in your warm water. Continue to mix with fork. Knead for about 2 minutes or until dough is slightly sticky.
- Cover bowl and let rise in warm space for 4 or more hours. The longer the better.
- When done rising, place on floured surface and with a half cup of flour, knead until dough is smooth and not sticky anymore.
- Place in dutch oven and let it rise in warm space for another 2 hours.
- Uncover, brush with olive oil, cover and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove cover and bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown.
To bake in a dutch oven.
- To bake the bread all you need to do is add your dough to the dutch oven, let it rise, brush with olive oil and bake!
Can you make it without a dutch oven? Yes! My mom specifically asked this because she has no dutch oven.
To bake on a sheet pan.
- When the dough is ready for the oven split into four pieces. Place on a sheet pan with parchment paper or silicon mat.
- Brush with olive oil.
- Bake at 450 ℉ for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
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Homemade Italian Bread
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoon yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Add 3 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt to bowl. Mix with fork.
- Next pour in your warm water. Continue to mix with fork. Knead by adding 1/2 cup flour for about 2 minutes or until dough is slightly sticky.Â
- Cover bowl and let rise in warm space for 4 or more hours. The longer the better.
- When done rising, place on floured surface and with a 1/2 cup of flour, knead until dough is smooth and not sticky anymore.
- Spray dutch oven with non stick cooking spray or line oven with parchment paper. Place dough in dutch oven and let it rise in warm space for another 2 hours.
- Uncover, brush with olive oil.
- Preheat oven to 450 ℉
- Place lid on dutch oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove lid and bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve warm and ENJOY!
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Notes
- Follow steps 1-4.
- Split into four pieces. Line sheet pan with parchment paper or silicon mat. Place dough on sheet pan. Allow to rise 2 hours in warm space.
- Brush with olive oil.
- Bake at 450 ℉ for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutrition
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Francine M Salter
Doesn’t say what kind of paper to use in pan, doesn’t say anything about paper.
Nancy P.
Thanks Francine, I will update that in the recipe. The paper is parchment paper. It is optional for the dutch oven. For the sheet pan method you can use parchment paper or a silicone mat.