French Hoagie Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• 1 cup water
• 3 1/4 cups bread flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 combine yeast with tepid but not warm water and let sit until convinced the yeast isn't dead, 10 minutes maximum.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine most of the flour, oil and salt, add the water/yeast, and stir/add flour until the ball pulls away from the bowl.
• 3 sprinkle flour over a kneading surface and over the ball, and knead for about 7 minutes.
• 4 lightly oil a bowl and allow to rise until doubled, usually about 50-60 minutes if in a barely warm place.
• 5 punch down the dough, divide into quarters, and shape into 4 hoagies roughly 6" x 3.5" or so. allow to rise for 20 minutes.
• 6 preheat the oven at 425, with a baking stone in the center rack and a ceramic dish on the bottom while the bread rises.
• 7 transfer the rolls to the stone, return the stone to the center rack, and turn the heat down to 375.
• 8 for each of the first 4 minutes baking, toss a dash of water across the bottom of the ceramic dish to create steam.
• 9 the rolls should be medium brown and more than doubled in height within 29-30 minutes.