Ingredients
For Bread
- 1 ½ + 2 tbsp cup All-purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp Dry Instant Yeast
- 3 tbsp Unsalted Butter cubed and at room temperature
- ½ tbsp granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Lukewarm Milk
- 1 tsp Salt
- Lukewarm water as required
- Cornmeal for dusting
For Topping
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter. softened at room temperature
- 1 tsp Italian Herb seasoning
- 1 1/3 cup Mozzarella Cheese grated
- ½ cup Parmesan Cheese grated
- Salt and pepper to taste
- A handful of fresh parsley chopped
Preparation
- Mix the lukewarm milk with yeast, 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour, and sugar in a medium bowl.
- Let it rest at room temperature for 10 minutes. If the yeast has bloomed, the surface will become foamy and bubbly.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and the cubed butter. With the help of a fork or hand, mix the butter into the flour until the mixture become crumbly or sand-like in texture.
- Season the flour mixture with salt and mix well.
- Now add the milk mixture into the flour and knead it.
- Gradually add water to the dough while kneading.
- Place it in a clean, deep bowl once the dough is well kneaded.
- Drizzle the dough with olive oil and cover it entirely with it.
- Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for an hour or until doubled in size.
- Meanwhile, mix garlic, butter, Italian herb seasoning, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
- Prepare a baking sheet pan by dusting it with cornmeal.
- Now take the bloomed dough out on the clean surface dusted with flour.
- Knead it for 5 to 8 minutes until smooth.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangle about 1-inch thick.
- Gently place it into the prepared baking sheet pan and spread it out gently while pressing with your fingers.
- Cover the dough in the pan with a kitchen towel and let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 400-degree F.
- After 20 minutes, bake the dough for 15 minutes.
- Take it out, brush on the garlic butter, and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese over it.
- Crank up the heat to 450-degrees F. Bake the cheesy garlic for 8 to 10 until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Take the cheesy bread out of the oven, cut it into sticks.
- Sprinkle the fresh parsley over the top and serve hot.