homemade ciabatta bread - dee dee's

How To Make homemade ciabatta bread - dee dee's

• Step 1
  Whisk together the bread and wheat flour with salt; set aside.
• Step 2
  Pour warm (110 degrees) water into a medium size mixing bowl. Stir in the yeast with spoon.
• Step 3
  Add the flour mixture to your bowl of yeasty water; stir into a heavy batter. I used a wooden spoon.
• Step 4
  Cover 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.
• Step 5
  Preheat 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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  Step 6
  Pour 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.
• Step 7
  At 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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  Step 8
  Place 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.
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