Herb Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3/4 ounce fast rise yeast (1 package, i like red star quick rise)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup hot water (not boiling, but hot)

Recipe

• 1 set aside 1 cup of flour (for dusting).
• 2 mix all of the dry ingredients except for the flour in the first step.
• 3 melt the butter in the water in a separate bowl.
• 4 mix the dry and wet ingredients together by hand with a wooden spoon.
• 5 knead dough on counter for 5 minutes.
• 6 let rest in greased pan for 10-20 to rise. put it in a warm place (on top of the pre-heated oven works great) and make sure to put a damp paper towel over everything while it’s rising.
• 7 roll out on the counter and roll up like a jelly roll. i like to brush a little bit of melted butter over everything before i roll it, but that’s optional.
• 8 let rest in greased pan for another 30-49 minutes.
• 9 bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. stab with a wooden skewer through the middle to check if it’s done- when you pull the skewer out and its clean, the bread is done. if there is still some dough-goo on it, let the bread bake for a few more minutes.
• 10 you can add more of the herbs or switch them entirely; this recipe is very flexible and great to experiment with. this also makes amazing pizza dough!
• 11 you can also use this recipe to make great homemade cinnamon rolls! all you have it do is this:.
• 12 use the same ingredients except for the oregano, basil, and garlic. put in a little bit of cinnamon (to taste) and ½ teaspoon vanilla. when you get to step 7, slather on lots of butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon (all to your preference). roll it all up and slice. melt more butter and cinnamon in the baking pan and put the slices in whatever pan you prefer. bake for 15 minutes make an easy vanilla glaze to put on top.
• 13 obviously this is not a healthy recipe…. which is why it tastes so good! you can put in as much butter, brown sugar, etc as you like, it’s a very flexible recipe.