Italian Bread

Crusty on the outside, soft on the inside Italian bread, perfect for sopping up flavor from your favorite sauces.

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 3

Cook Time 30

Total Time 3 30

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine Italian

Servings people

Calories 195 kcal

Set bread machine on dough setting, and add ingredients to machine. When dough is ready, dump it out, dust with flour, let it rise, then score and x on one side.
3 1/4 cup bread flour, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp instant yeast, 1 ½ cup water, 2 tsp cornmeal
Put a pinch of cornmeal onto the pizza stone. Add a small casserole dish of water onto the bottom rack. Put pizza stone on center oven rack and heat oven to 450℉. Using a pizza peel, carefully transfer the dough onto the hot pizza stone and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool slightly.
Slice into hearty pieces, and serve with herbed butter, olive oil, or your favorite Italian meals.

Tastes great as an appetizer with olive oil and Tuscan Spice Blend, or with herbed butter. Also tastes great as a side dish to anything Italian.