Rosemary Garlic Bread
This savory loaf of bread is easy to make, no kneading required.
Equipment
- Dutch oven pot
Ingredients
- 1½ cups warm water
- 1½ tsp active dry yeast
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp Kosher salt
- 2½ tsp fresh Rosemary, chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ tsp Large flake Maldon sea salt or coarse ground Kosher salt
Instructions
- Add yeast to warm water and stir to combine.
- Allow yeast to bloom, about 5 minutes.
- Stir together flour and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the yeast water to the dry ingredients.
- Stir together until you have a shaggy dough.
- Cover bowl with a towel and allow dough to rise for 3-5 hours.
- Lightly flour your work surface and transfer the dough from the bowl onto the floured surface.
- Gently stretch dough out into a square.
- Sprinkle 1 tsp chopped rosemary onto the dough in an even layer.
- Top with ½ the minced garlic.
- Fold corners of the dough into the center.
- Gently stretch dough out into a square.
- Sprinkle 1 tsp chopped rosemary onto the dough in an even layer.
- Top with the remaining minced garlic.
- Top with the remaining minced garlic.
- Fold corners into the center.
- Cup dough with your hands and gently form dough into a ball.
- Transfer dough ball onto a sheet of parchment paper. Allow dough to rest for 30 minutes while oven preheats.
- Place an empty Dutch oven pot in the oven and preheat to 450℉.
- Brush loaf with olive oil.
- Sprinkle remaining ½ tsp chopped rosemary onto the top of the loaf.
- Sprinkle the top of the loaf with coarse salt.
- Score an “X” onto the top of the loaf with a sharp knife.
- Remove Dutch oven pan from the oven.
- Grab the four corners of the parchment paper and carefully lower the dough into the Dutch oven pot. Cover with the lid.
- Bake loaf, covered for 30 minutes.
- Removed lid and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes. The longer the loaf bakes uncovered the crunchier the crust will be.
- Loaf is done when it sounds hollow when tapped and crust is golden brown.
- Carefully remove loaf from the Dutch oven pot and place it on a rack to cool.
- Cool completely before slicing the loaf.