The Very Best Italian Bread!

From: Golfgirl131

On Sep 13, 2009

This bread is awsome. We have made six loaves so far and each one gets better and better. We don't own a bread machine so we took the advice of HeidiSue's review and made our bread that way with our Kitchen Aid.We've made buns with the bread,garlic bread,cin rolls,pepperoni rolls its all been great. WE got to go get some more flour to make some more bread. lol Thank you for the recipe.!!

From: Chef #839452

On Jan 31, 2009

I have to agree with everyone else, this bread is super delicious! I love the crusty outside and nice tender insides. I made garlic bread to go with our lasagna and it was eaten so fast it was all gone before the end of the meal. It's a good thing it made 2 loaves!

From: ellie_

On Oct 13, 2004

Very good bread. The only change I made was in step 5 I put the loaves on a cookie sheet sprinkled with cornmeal that way I didn't have to move them to a cookie sheet later on in step 13 (skipping step 11 &12) and it worked out perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

From: CarrolJ

On Oct 12, 2004

I used this recipe tonight to make 6 large rolls for French Dip Sandwiches. They turned out a little bigger than I planned, (probably because I let them rise for so long). Next time I will make 8 instead. However even though there were only 3 of us eating...they were so good that there were only 1 1/2 rolls left after dinner and I only ate one. I misted the dough with water just prior to baking to get a nice crispy crust for the French Dip. Turned out wonderful. I baked them about 20 minutes and they were done throughout and light golden brown. Next time I am going to try making German Brochen out of the recipe. The flavor and texture would be great! Thanks for posting!