Serve your family with this delicious baked loaf sprinkled with cheese and olives made with Gold Medal® Better for Bread™ bread flour.
Country Loaf
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 4 hr 5 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 5 to 5 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ Better for Bread™ bread flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 package regular or quick active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 2 cups very warm water (120° to 130°)
- 2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
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Step1Mix 2 cups of the flour, the sugar and yeast in large bowl. Add warm water. Beat with wire whisk or electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let stand about 1 hour until bubbly.
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Step2Stir in oil and salt. Stir in enough remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until a soft, smooth dough forms. Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead about 10 minutes, adding flour as necessary to keep dough from sticking, until dough is smooth and springy.
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Step3Place dough in large bowl greased with shortening, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until double. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
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Step4Grease uninsulated cookie sheet with shortening. Place dough on lightly floured surface. Gently shape into an even, round ball, without releasing all of the bubbles in the dough. Stretch sides of dough downward to make a smooth top. Place loaf with smooth side up on cookie sheet. Spray loaf with cool water. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place 45 to 60 minutes or until almost double.
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Step5Place square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches, on bottom rack of oven; add hot water to pan until about 1/2 inch from the top. Heat oven to 425°.
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Step6Spray loaf with cool water; sprinkle lightly with flour. Carefully cut three 1/4-inch- deep slashes on top of loaf with sharp serrated knife.
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Step7Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until loaf is deep golden brown with crisp crust and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.
Nutrition
80
Calories
1g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 10
- Total Fat
- 1g
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- Sodium
- 150mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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