Cheesy Bread You'll Love
This cheesy bread will be eaten before it can get plated. Enjoy warm!
Servings 2 people
Equipment
- Baking pan
- Silpat silicone mat
- standard oven with broil setting
Ingredients
- 1 cup bread flour (see notes)
- water
- 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt (kosher salt recommended)
- 1/2 tsp semolina flour (optional)
- 1 tsp olive oil drops (optional)
- 2-4 ounce mozzarella or Buffalo mozzarella
Instructions
- Make the bread dough: combine ingredients, knead, and proof for at least one hour.
- Same day, spread sticky dough on baking pan and Silpat. Bake at 350°F/180°C for 20-25 minutes until bottom is solid and firm enough to pick up without breaking. Tip: Add semolina flour if desired to pan for a crunchy cheesy bread bottom.
- Pull out cheesy bread in pan. Add cheese in singular layers avoiding the edge of the bread. Drizzle drops of olive oil in the center of bread if desired. Remove pan and Silpat. Add only cheesy bread to top oven shelf by itself. Broil for 3-4 minutes until you see some brown spots on cheese and bread edges. You will see the bread and cheese bubbling in the oven. Do NOT over-broil. Pre-caution: Do not open oven door until the broil heating element is cooled (see notes*).
- Turn the oven back to baking setting at 350°F/180°C and finish baking bottom of cheesy bread until it's the golden brown color you like.
- Enjoy while warm!
Notes
You can make this cheesy bread with bread flour only, but mixing with pizza flour and/or semolina flour if you have on hand, makes it more chewy and texture-full.
*Use pre-caution when broiling. Do not leave the oven unattended. Turn the oven light on. And do not open the oven door while broiling. Let the broil heating element (at the top of the oven) cool down first. Turn off or turn down broil temperature to lower baking setting/temperatures before the opening oven door.