Garlic Bread, Pizza Dough
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 - 1:13am

Ingredients




2 cups Lukewarm water
1 env dry yeast
1/2 cup Whole wheat flour
6 -(up to)
7 cups Bread flour or regular flou
1 pch Salt
1/2 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Dry orgeano
1 teaspoon Dry basil
1 head roasted garlic, peeled*
Coarse salt
Fresh pepper
Olive oil

Preparation

1 Combine yeast, water, whole wheat flour and half of the bread flour in a large bowl or mixer with a dough hook. Add sugar and pinch of salt. Mix until combined. Add oregano, basil, roasted garlic and remaining flour, knead until a smooth ball is formed. It may take extra flour to achieve this result. Cover and allow to rise until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours, depending on temperature of room. Punch down and form a round loaf. 2 Place on an oiled baking pan and coat with olive oil, coarse salt, fresh pepper and some additional oregano and basil. Allow to rise until double in size, again about 1 hour or so. Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for about 1 hour or until golden brown. Loaf will sound hollow when the bottom is tapped with the handle of a knife. 3 * roasted garlic can be made by placing a head of garlic in the oven on a piece of aluminium foil and baking it for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Allow to cool and then peel and add to bread mixture. 4 Bread flour is better to use because it gives a better texture to the bread. It is high in gluten and will enhance the overall result. 5 This same bread recipe can be used as the basis for a homemade pizza dough. 6 Roll it out to the desired shape, add tomato sauce, cheese, toppings of choice, dust with oregano, basil. Bake for 45 min. at 350 degrees. 7 I have had great success with this for a number of years. I hope that you all enjoy it as well. If you have questions or concerns about this recipe, please be in touch with me.