Recipe: Delicious Rustic Garlic Herb Bread

Rustic Garlic Herb Bread. This bread is one of those breads, except anyone can make it. The recipe is simple and the ingredients are ones you probably have in your pantry. Savory herbs are mixed in with warm water and yeast to blend the flavors and activate the leavening.

This delicious and fragrant bread is the perfect complement to any. This Rosemary Garlic Bread recipe yields a wonderfully golden brown crust on the outside and a soft texture on the inside. I'm always looking for an excuse to use it. You can have Rustic Garlic Herb Bread using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rustic Garlic Herb Bread

1. Prepare 1 tbsp. of instant yeast.
2. You need 1 tbsp. of granulated sugar.
3. Prepare 1 cup of warm water.
4. It's 1 tsp. of salt.
5. It's 1 tsp. of dried oregano.
6. You need 1 tsp. of dried basil.
7. It's 2 tsp. of dried rosemary.
8. You need 6 cloves of garlic, minced.
9. Prepare 1/3 cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese.
10. It's 2 cups of - 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour.
11. You need 3 tbsp. of olive oil, divided.
12. It's 1 tbsp. of unsalted butter, divided.

A wholesome, rustic bread to serve with pasta, soup or for making sandwiches. From Jennie Shapter's Bread Machine Cookbook (one of my favorites). I mix all my flours, gluten and grains together, well, before adding to the bread machine. Using a serrated knife, slice the bread into thick slices without cutting completely through the loaf and leaving the slices attached on the bottom.

Rustic Garlic Herb Bread step by step

1. In a large mixing bowl, add the yeast, sugar and water. Then stir in the salt, oregano, basil, rosemary and garlic. Add in the flour and parmesan cheese and stir until combined. If needed, gradually add in the additional flour until you have a smooth and elastic dough that is tacky, but not sticky. Towards the end, you may need to use your hands to incorporate the extra flour..
2. Use a tbsp. of the olive oil to grease a separate bowl, then transfer the dough to the greased bowl. Cover the dough and let it rise for about 1 hour, until double in size. Once the hour is up, preheat the oven to 375°F. Drizzle the additional 2 tbsp. olive oil over a large baking tray and use a pastry brush to brush it all over. Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a round loaf. Place the loaves onto the prepared baking tray and let them rise another 15-20 minutes..
3. Top each loaf with half a tbsp. of butter and bake for 17-20 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden brown (the tops won't darken all that much, but will firm up). Let the loaves cool slightly, then slice them up and serve warm. Wrap any leftovers tightly in foil and eat within 3-4 days..

Here's how to make a rustic loaf of garlic and herb bread without any kneading. The rosemary butter takes warm biscuits to another level. This savory quick bread is loaded with two heads of roasted garlic plus chopped fresh herbs of your choice, so it has a big nutty, toasty, herbal flavor If you're intimidated about baking bread, a quick bread, which is made with baking powder and baking soda instead of yeast, is the perfect place to start. These garlic herb rolls are pint sized, perfect for a little taste without filling up too much, and no guilt if you go for seconds. But for those who dare to break bread, homemade and high fiber is the only way to go.