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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jan 21, 2009
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Make restaurant-menu ciabatta bread at home. All you need are six ingredients.

Ciabatta

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 18 hr 20 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 9
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Ingredients

Starter

  • 1/4 teaspoon regular active dry yeast
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup Gold Medal™ Better for Bread™ flour

Bread

  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil
  • 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ Better for Bread™ flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon regular active dry yeast
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • Cornmeal

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In small bowl, stir starter ingredients until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap; let stand at room temperature 12 to 24 hours.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, mix starter and all bread ingredients except cornmeal with heavy-duty electric mixer using dough hook on medium speed 4 minutes or in food processor fitted with metal blade for 1 minute. Dough will be very sticky.
  • Step 
    3
    Grease medium bowl with shortening or cooking spray. Place dough in bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise at room temperature about 1 hour 30 minutes or until double in size. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched. Gently stir down dough with rubber spatula. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise 1 hour longer.
  • Step 
    4
    On generously floured surface, divide dough in half. Gently press each half with floured fingers into 10x4-inch rectangle. Sprinkle cornmeal over large cookie sheet; place loaves 3 inches apart on cornmeal. Using spray bottle with fine mist, spray tops of loaves with cool water. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; let rise 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours or until almost double in size.
  • Step 
    5
    Heat oven to 425°F. Using spray bottle with fine mist, spray tops of loaves with cool water. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Nutrition

70 Calories
1/2g Total Fat
2g Protein
14g Total Carbohydrate
0g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Slice
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
5
Total Fat
1/2g
1%
Saturated Fat
0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
150mg
6%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
14g
5%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
0g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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