Mmmmmm Yummy!!!

Does everybody else love bread as much as I do? Not just bread, but cookies and muffins and biscuits too... haha

Last night, Scott & I decided to have a few friends over for dinner. This isn't exactly anything out of the ordinary for us, but its been awhile since we've had people over at our house. Lately we've been going to everybody else's home!

So yesterday afternoon I put a very nice looking beef roast on our smoker after coating it in Cabela's Bourbon Man Rub (wonderful seasoning by the way!) followed by looking for a bread recipe to go with it!

After searching though all my cook books and not finding one that I had all of the ingredients for AND sounded good, I took my search to the computer! I really enjoy using a couple of different cookbook type websites. One is cooks.com and the other is allrecipes.com! This is where I came across a recipe for Rosemary bread, which I had never had before but it sounded great! I just wanted to share this with everybody because it was a HIT last night! There was nothing left of it by the end of the evening.

So here it is.

Jo’s Rosemary Bread (Macaroni Grill type)

INGREDIENTS

· 1 cup water

· 3 tablespoons olive oil

· 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar

· 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

· 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning

· 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

· 1 tablespoon dried rosemary

· 2 1/2 cups bread flour

· 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

1. Yeast + 1/4 c. warm water, wait 10 minutes.

2. Add flour, salt, sugar, oil, 3/4 c. warm water knead like heck!

3. Add the herbs & pepper and knead some more! (Other substitutions - oregano instead of an Italian blend or fresh rosemary instead of dried!)

4. Let rise an hour or so in an oiled, covered bowl in a warm place.

5. Punch down, let rise another hour.

6. Form into round loaf and bake at 375 until browned. (This took about 30 minutes)

7. Remove from oven, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with coarse salt.

Serve with olive oil and fresh cracked pepper. Oh, and don't forget the wine!!! haha YUMMY!