Monday, March 7, 2011

cheddar crusty bread

I rarely make bread from scratch but we were invited to dinner on Saturday and they asked if I would bring bread and thought I couldn't get away with walking in with a loaf of grocery store garlic bread. So I bought a bag of King Arthur bread flour and used the recipe off the back of the bag. It was a cheddar and garlic stuffed crusty french loaf. It began with a starter and was a pretty standard bread recipe but then you roll it out into a rectangle and put shredded sharp Cheddar and roasted garlic and then roll it up allow it to bench proof and I baked it on my pizza stone. I threw a couple of ice cubes in the bottom of the oven to help the outside get crusty and then basted it with a stick of garlic herb butter when it came out of the oven. It was DELISH!!! It had a pretty pinwhell of bright cheddar cheese when you cut it and Jon said it was the best part of the meal. I will have to send you the exact recipe. It took all day to proof  but it was so simple I will definitely make it again.

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