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I’ve got another bread recipe for you this fine day folks. I just can’t help myself. I have a serious need to bake. Frequently. Too frequently for the good of my hips, to be brutally honest.
This bread is a knock off recipe from The Macaroni Grill. I did some searching on line (the Internet is a magical, magical tool) tried a couple of the recipes I found, altered them a bit and came up with this fine recipe I am presenting to you today. My family gives this 7 thumbs up, which means it is an automatic keeper. The recipe calls for fresh rosemary. Are you noticing a trend here anyone? I can’t get enough of the stuff. My girl rosemary is my favorite fresh herb, hands down. Basil is a close second but rosemary is my first love. I am going to attempt once again to grow rosemary this summer. I have heard about a wonderful bush you can plant here in Utah, that will continue to provide rosemary throughout the winter months as well as the summer months. Doesn’t that sound dreamy?
Fresh rosemary year round! That is something to be appreciated by taste buds and pocket book alike!
Macaroni Grill Bread
Yield: 2 loaves
Time: 1 1/2 hours start to finish
Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up!
1 1/2 t active dry yeast
1 C warm water
3 T olive oil
1/4 t sugar
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 t salt
1/4 t McCormick Italian Seasoning Grinder
1/4 t cracked black pepper
3/4 T fresh rosemary, snipped
1 egg
butter and salt
1. In the bottom of your mixer combine water, yeast and sugar. Mix it around a bit with a spoon and let it sit for 5 minutes.
2. Add the salt, oil and 1 C flour. Mix for 30 seconds to incorporate.
3. Add the rest of the flour about 1/2 C at a time, while the mixer continues to mix.
4. When all of the flour is incorporated mix on high for about 7 minutes.
5. While your mixer is doing it’s fine work, get your herbs and seasonings ready to go. I like to snip rosemary with scissors. You don’t want to eat any of the thick stem that rosemary comes on, only the little needles.
6. When your dough is done mixing add the rosemary, pepper and Italian seasoning. Mix just until incorporated.
7. Cover your mixing bowl with a kitchen towel and let it rise for about 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.
8. Divide the dough into 2 parts. Shape into balls and place on a sprayed cookie sheet, or a cooking stone with a bit of olive oil on it.
9. Spray a sharp knife with cooking spray and cut 2 slits in the top of the bread.
10. In a small bowl whisk an egg until frothy. Brush the egg all over the top of the loaf and into the cracks.
11. Place the loaves into a warm oven. (I set mine to 170) Let them rise until doubled in size, about 15 minutes.
12. Turn your oven up to 370 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
13. When the loaves come out of the oven, place them on a cooling rack. Brush butter over the tops and sprinkle a little bit of salt over the top of the butter. Be careful to not get too much. I always use freshly cracked salt. You can buy both salt and pepper crackers at Costco these days. Look on the spice aisle.
The end….hope you enjoy!
Anonymous,
3 times! You are a persistent person! Let's see if we can get the trouble fixed. My first thought is that you need to add more flour. Different climates, and altitudes can alter how much flour yeast breads need. If you are using a stand mixer, such as Bosch or Kithchen Aid add the flour while you are mixing the dough. You know you have enough when the dough scrapes the side of the bowl clean. If you are mixing by hand, you need to add enough flour so the mixture stays together well. Hope this helps!
Thanks!
~Jamie
The bread looks so delicious! Love the color and the size! I hope I can manage to make this perfectly.
Jamie Thanks for this amazing recipe my family loves it. My kids are always asking me to make more. I will be sharing this recipe with friends and family.
This is a fantastic recipe and makes the prettiest bread. I am so glad I found this site, thank you so much. Love the photos of every step- so helpful.
I put olive oil on the dough hook and ran it at 2 and it made the prettiest bread you ever saw. We have a huge rosemary bush which has spread over the years, it's so nice to have another recipe using rosemary.
Now I'm all enthused about making bread again, this was so easy.
What a perfect recipe! It looked SO beautiful! I took it to a new mom and her family for dinner–hope it tasted as good as it smelled! Thanks for the recipe!
What a perfect recipe! It looked SO beautiful! I took it to a new mom and her family for dinner–hope it tasted as good as it smelled! Thanks for the recipe!
Hi EvoraI really liked the mssaage/accu/cranial I received from you, it really was one of the best I have had. I did feel a bit beat up afterward, but also had to play a tough game of volleyball that night against the #1 team, so not sure which was the culprit!Looking forward to my next visit.Christine
I made this a few weeks ago, as my very first bread ever and it was incredible. My yeast didn't activate the first time so I had to reactivate a new yeast packet, rekneed the dough and let it rise a second time.. but it was well worth it. It made two loaves that were both eaten within 24 hours. ๐ Thanks!!
after putting the dough in a warm oven in step 11, in step 12 it says to turn up the oven. do you take the dough out of the oven before turning the temp up? thanks.
Hi Aubrey,
You don't have to take the dough out of the oven. Just leave it in, it will continue to rise a bit as the oven temprature increases. Good luck! Hope it turns out well for you!
~Jamie
Hey i love this recipe i make it for my grandma all the time i think this recipe is better the way you make it then at the actual restaurant thanks a million
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