Rosemary Garlic Bread

This bread is so flavorful and delicious. If baked in a Dutch oven it gets nice and crusty.

1/2 cup olive oil
1 small bulb (or about 6 cloves) garlic, crushed
1 tbsp dried rosemary leaves

Infuse the oil by cooking these 3 ingredient on low heat for about 30 minutes. Cool.

2 cups warm water
1 tbsp yeast
2 tbsp sugar

In a large bowl place water, pour sugar in without stirring, and sprinkle yeast on top. Let sit for about 10 minutes till dissolved. Add 1 1/2 Tbsp salt and most of infused olive oil, setting aside a couple tablespoons of the oil for brushing on top of your loaf before baking.
I don't normally measure the flour, just add a cup or two at a time and knead till a soft non-sticky consistency.
Cover and let rise till double in size. Shape into a round loaf and score with a sharp knife, brush top with remaining oil, and let rise again on a greased pan till double. Bake in 350° F oven till golden brown on top.

To bake in Dutch oven: place your well-greased cast iron Dutch oven and lid (large for this recipe) in a 450° F oven for at least a half hour to thoroughly heat the Dutch oven. Reduce heat to 350°F then place your ready-to-bake loaf inside, cover and bake 20 minutes. Remove lid and bake another 10 or till done.

Not that I would attempt to make this although it sounds good but did you miss putting flour as an ingredient and not till instructions you mention flour. I thought maybe you were going to have some ready made bread that could be covered with garlic and whatever and then I see flour and I don't know a thing about baking. LOL

Yeah I didn't list all the ingredients like I should have probably, cuz it's a multi-step process. But here they are at a glance:

1/2 cup olive oil
1 small bulb (or 6 small cloves) garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp dried rosemary leaves
2 cups warm water
1 Tbsp active dry yeast
2 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp salt
Enough flour, added and kneaded in a cup or two at a time, till a soft, elastic texture (Like I said I hardly ever measure flour for bread, but I should sometime so I can have an estimate for the recipe.)

Six crushed garlic cloves? My taste buds puckered just reading that. 😳

Gotta try that recipe. 😆 Tastebuds, prepare.

Oh my do you not like garlic? My family's a big fan; I'll put a whole bulb into a pot of soup or beans. But you can adjust it to taste for the recipe.
We used crushed fresh garlic for colds too.

I just recently became a fan of Rosemary Sourdough Bread when our local store expanded and added many new things. The flavor is so nice and even though I was used to the healthy brands (ie Dave's), regular bread tastes like it's missing something now.
It is a bit dry so I'm trying different things like olive oil, guacamole, mayo mixed w/liquids for spreads. (caution, highly addictive, lol)
Btw, I assume you know the hack to peeling garlic cloves😀 Snip the hard end off and place a flat plastic spatula on top of it and give it a hard tap. The garlic slips right out every time.

Oh that sounds so good! I actually have made a sourdough version of this bread and I liked it even better.
That's a cool tip. I actually haven't done it quite like that before, but similar, I've pressed it between my fingers. But I'll have to try it. I love learning new cooking hacks.

Walmart and others have 'Everything' bread and bagels which are scrumptious but they don't say what 'Everything' is. My kind of recipe, go to store, buy readymade product, heat and eat. Armenian guy where I worked ate garlic cloves raw. At work sometime!!! But little Armenian pizzas are real nice. Called Lahmajoon and only bought ready made at Armenian store but here is possible recipe link. Recipe uses beef and lamb is what I would buy at Armenian store. Armenian store you could buy dozens and refrigerate for easy heat and eat. My guess these could be improvised somewhat by using flour tortilla as ready made dough substitute.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=cb73...cy5jb20vcmVjaXBlLzI2ODQxL2xhaG1ham9vbi8&ntb=1

That sounds delicious. Garlic and rosemary make everything taste better.
My aunt made my Italian grandmother's recipe for garlic bread like that. It was filled with cloves of garlic baked in like that. That was the best bread I ever had. It was a gift at Easter for each of her brothers and sisters.

Whole cloves? That sounds good I'll have to try it like that.

That sounds delicious, I looked at the recipe and I wanna try it now

I only ever had them with Lamb but likely any type of meat works.

Yes, she would take a bulb of garlic and separate the cloves. I forget what the recipe called for, but she probably used one whole bulb per loaf. The flavor diffused throughout the bread and cloves softened so they weren't too strong. I'm going to have to modify the recipe for my personal loaves because of a wheat allergy. It won't taste as good, but rosemary will work. I have one as a house plant right next to me now. I hope it survives the winter so I can plant it outside in a big planter next spring.

What do you use for gluten-free flour?

I buy it premixed. I rarely bake, but if I find a good non gluten bread mix, I'd like to try it with grandma's recipe.

My brother used to be on the keto diet and he found a recipe for keto-friendly bread and asked me to make him some. It was mostly almond flour and I think some coconut flour. It turned out pretty good, I guess, for keto bread.

One of my favorites was pita piata. She would make that at Christmas time. It was a type of walnut and fig, raisin, date roll. I forgot all the ingredients, but it was crusty with a sweet buttery filling. This looks close, but not quite.

I've used those, but never practiced enough to become good at the mix.

Oh that looks so good. I love learning/trying ethnic foods.

Lamb would be more gourmet I guess.