Italian Cheese Bread

[babysteps]

(I ALWAYS double the recipe, because my family takes out one pan of this in nothing flat. So if you're feeding more than about 6 people, you probably want to double it!)

2 1/2 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsp Quick-rise yeast
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1 c warm (120*) water (hot right out of the tap works!)

Combine dry ingredients. Combine oil & water and add to dry stuff. Mix and knead it for a couple minutes. (If you have a good mixer it will prolly do it for you!) Put in greased bowl, let rise 20 minutes(ish). Punch down and pat out into a cookie sheet till it fills the sheet up.

1/4 c italian salad dressing (I think I use more... I just squirt it on till it looks right)
1/4 tsp garlic power (see above comment)
1/2 tsp oregano (ditto)
1 c shredded mozzarella (ditto again)

Brush dough with salad dressing, sprinkle with spices and cheese.

450* for 12-15 min till golden brown.

I use a pizza cutter to whack this into squares when it's done. And the original recipe had it being cooked on a pizza pan... I just use the cookie sheets 'cause thats what I have!

[hunybee]

i likey!

this weekend baby! i'm so making this

[SheWoff]

yummy! This is so bookmarked!:mrgreen: I love italian dressing and, well, all of it lol...will be making this soon.

She

[Belle]

I'm making it right now. I'm yelling the ingredients to my daughter and she's measuring them into a bowl. I'll go mix them when she's done. I really need to get more ink for my printer!

She is mixing it now. Be back in a little while.

[hunybee]

Lol

[Belle]

Shoot! I'm out of mozzarella cheese. I thought I had another bag in the freezer. I'm going to try it with cheddar on one and parmesan on the other (I doubled the recipe)

I made my own Italian dressing. I'll post the recipe later. I only have 10 more minutes till I have to pat it into the pans.

[babysteps]

It's better with mozz, but I've made it with cheddar and it's pretty good that way.

Let me know how the parmesan turns out! That sounds good!

[Belle]

The parmesan one is in the oven and the cheddar one is ready to go in. I have a pan of chicken in there, so I can only cook one at a time. I put mine on pizza screens. I have so many different pans it's practically obscene. I just have to have what I need and I cook a lot.

[Belle]

Eating the parmesan one now. Good flavor, but the cheese was grated too small so it overcooked a bit. I like the crust and the Italian dressing gives it a really good flavor.

The cheddar one is in the oven. I'll post again when I try it.

I have the feeling we won't be eating the chicken tonight.

[Belle]

Oh, my word! This is soooo good!!! I can't wait to try it with mozzarella! I might even break down and pay their price ($6 a lb, which is why I don't have any) this week.

[SheWoff]

Oh, my word! This is soooo good!!! I can't wait to try it with mozzarella! I might even break down and pay their price ($6 a lb, which is why I don't have any) this week.


Alright...that's it. I am going to the store tomorrow after the doc and getting some mozzarella. :mrgreen: We are having left-over ghoulosh lol. ( sad Halloween joke) This would go great with it!

She

[babysteps]

Oh, my word! This is soooo good!!! I can't wait to try it with mozzarella! I might even break down and pay their price ($6 a lb, which is why I don't have any) this week.

http://www.mrssurvival.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/woohoo.gif (javascript:void(0))I'm so glad you liked it! It's one of our favorites... and I *swear* it goes with almost anything!

[Belle]

The rest of the family had it with chicken and sliced tomatoes. I ate too much of the bread to eat anything else.

BTW, did you know you can bake chicken at 425 degrees? I poured some of the Italian dressing over it and threw it in the oven, while the bread was rising. It turned out great. I might make it that way again.

[hunybee]

technically, you can cook anything at any temp. :mrgreen:

[Belle]

True. I just never cooked meat at that high a temp before. I thought it would burn on the outside, but be raw on the inside. It wasn't. It was crisp on the outside, but nice and juicy on the inside.

My grandma cooked EVERYTHING wide open - 'high' on top of the stove and 500 deg. in the oven. It's a wonder she didn't burn half her food, but she didn't. She was a good cook. She DID burn out the thermostat on her oven, though. It would only heat to 500, nothing lower.

[hunybee]

i cook most things much higher than normal. the average is between 425-500

[Belle]

I'm more of a 'low and slow' kind of gal.

[Animal Lover]

Thanks Honeybee, Shopping today and will get mozzarella (sp?) Many thanks, always looking for another good bread recipe. Blessings upon all. AL

[Micah68]

Finally got to try this recipe - it got 11 thumbs up!

I served it with tater tot casserole and salad. I had made a double recipe and we ate every last bite and would have eaten more.

Thanks!

[babysteps]

LOL... I'm glad you all approve! It disappears at high speed around here, too!

[ChemicalGal]

Finally got to try this recipe - it got 11 thumbs up!

I served it with tater tot casserole and salad. I had made a double recipe and we ate every last bite and would have eaten more.

Thanks!

Micah I checked search & couldn't find the tater tot casserole receipe, any chance you'd be willing to share?
thanks
CG

[Micah68]

Micah I checked search & couldn't find the tater tot casserole receipe, any chance you'd be willing to share?
thanks
CG

Sure, I'll start a new thread.

[Catmom46]

I made this about a month ago and my husband wasn't crazy about it (maybe I made too much) so I modified the ingredients and probably came up with a whole new recipe. We had it last weekend when my sister was visiting from Arizona.
Its more like pizza--only not with marinara or tomato sauce. I used some cajun tomato dressing, added slices of mozarella sausage (got it at the famer's market, its fully cooked), onions, green pepper, grape tomatoes cut in half, fresh basil and oregano, then the cheese. It didn't last very long. I thought the cajun tomato dressing was a little too sweet so the second time I made it, I mixed in some Italian dressing. It was good good good! Thanks for the lovely recipe.:-P

[babysteps]

Bump... :mrgreen: