Versatile Bread Dough

Here is my new/old favorite recipe. I can't stop making this!! Maybe for dinner as foccaccia bread, breakfast as cinnamon buns, pizza... it is endless. This is one of my oldest recipes... from my Foods Class in Grade 11. You can twist it into pretzels or bread sticks and sprinkle with cheese or cinnamon sugar, make pizza or foccaccia bread. It only takes 45 min from the start to the finish (including baking time)!!



You only have to knead this bread for 15 min!! And it is even easier if you have a machine that will do it for you!!

This particular night I made pizza, and of course forgot to take a picture of the finished product :/ Well, at least you can see how big one batch will make. I split this into 2 smaller rounds for foccaccia bread! Delicious.

Versatile Bread Dough

2 3/4 cup Flour

2 1/4 tsp Fermipan Yeast

3/4 tsp sugar

3/4 tsp salt

1 cup hot tap water

The measurements seem odd because I scaled this down from a huge batch that made 24 servings....

1. Mix together the 1st 4 Ingredients in food mixer.

2. Add hot tap water and mix well for 1 min.

3. Add more flour or water as needed to make a stiff dough. Knead for 15 minutes at level 1.

4. Let dough rest 10 min in a greased bowl. Dough may be allowed to rise for up to 1 hour after shaping as desired.

5. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 - 15 min.

Enjoy

CC