homemade ciabatta bread - dee dee's
(3 ratings)
I don't think there could be anything better than baking your own bread! Today I attempted this bread. Ciabatta is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish. It's famous for a sandwich bread. This was my first attempt in baking Ciabatta and I must say we were pleased. Not sure it will hold out until tomorrow when I had planned on making sandwiches. This bread is absolutely delish right out of the oven. Of course smeared with lots of butter!! adapted from several recipes my photo's
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(3 ratings)
prep time
5 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For homemade ciabatta bread - dee dee's
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3 1/2 cbread flour
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1/2 cwheat flour
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1 1/2 tspsalt
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2 cwarm water
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1/4 tspgranulated yeast (or equivalent)
How To Make homemade ciabatta bread - dee dee's
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1Whisk together the bread and wheat flour with salt; set aside.
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2Pour warm (110 degrees) water into a medium size mixing bowl. Stir in the yeast with spoon.
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3Add the flour mixture to your bowl of yeasty water; stir into a heavy batter. I used a wooden spoon.
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4Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic. Now this is where it gets tricky, or least it did for me. Set the bowl with dough in a safe place and forget it for about 18 hours. I read and studied several recipes for this bread and the time ranged from 8 hours to 18 hours. I guess maybe it becomes like a "sour" dough? Anyway I let my dough set for 8 hours and it turned out great.
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5Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. And, prepare your pan. I used a 10 x 15 airbake cookie sheet that I placed parchment paper on. I then spinkled with cornmeal.
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6Pour the batter on to prepared baking surface. Use a spoon to guide the dough on to the baking sheet. The dough will be very wet and sticky. It should be in an oblong shape. -
7At this point you can spinkle with your favorite herbs. I used Italian seasoning. NOTE: this is entirely optional. I love the added flavor.
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8Place bread in oven; bake for 25 minutes. If it's golden browned on top, take it out of the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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