Italian Peasant Bread For Bread Machine

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons rosemary
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• additional rosemary (to garnish)
• salt (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 place ingredients, according to manufacturer's directions into your bread machine.
• 2 (some call for all liquids, or all dry ingredients first, so know your machine) set machine to "dough cycle" and wait. (this takes most machines about an hour and a half for a full cycle).
• 3 remove from machine when cycle is complete and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• 4 shape dough by hand, into a rectangular mound, spreading kind of thin, maybe an inch or two of thickness.
• 5 cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size. (this is a good time to go ahead and turn the oven on to preheat and help warm the kitchen).
• 6 brush with a little olive oil, sprinkle with rosemary and salt if desired. (this is the way its done at macaroni grill).
• 7 bake at 375°f for 20-25 minutes until crust is golden and crispy. bread is meant to be a flatter shape and not a high rising bread.
• 8 have everyone tear their pieces of bread with their hands,and serve with olive oil flavored with fresh ground pepper.