Thanks again to my baking friends Becca and Jenn, I have been enjoying another one of their great recipes. French Peasant Bread, but with a twist, I add Rosemary. It makes it taste just like the hot steamy delicious Macaroni Grill Bread. It’s super easy to make, even using yeast, and perfect to dip into your Olive Oil and Vinegar.
Rosemary Bread Recipe
- 1 packet dry yeast (or 2 1/2 tsp)
- 2 c. warm water
- 1 T. sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 4 c. flour
- 1-2 tsp. fresh Rosemary plus more for topping
- Olive Oil, Corn meal, Melted butter and salt
Dissolve yeast in the warm water and sugar. (I like to buy yeast in a large package and then store it in a plastic container and keep in the freezer. It lasts forever. OR if you don’t make bread that often, just buy the yeast packets.) Add flour, salt, and 1-2 tsp Rosemary and stir until blended, do not Knead!! Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until double in size. If you have a Bosch Mixer, I keep the dough right in there with the top lid on, it’s nice and moist in there. Or simply keep it in the mixer bowl and cover with a moist cloth to raise.
Side Note: I also like to grow Rosemary. It’s an easy herb to grow and is yummy for lots of recipes. I love having it on hand.
Remove dough. It will be sticky. I like to put shortening or oil on my hands for taking out the dough and shaping it. I think it works better than flour hands. Place it in 2 rounds on a cookie sheet lightly coated in oil and sprinkled with corn meal. OR you can place it on your silicone baking mat with no oil. Cover with a towel or greased plastic wrap. Then let it rise another hour.
Brush each round with melted butter and lightly sprinkle with more Rosemary and salt, I used this great Sea Salt grinder from Costco. Bake @ 425 for 10 minutes, then reduce temp to 375 for 15 minutes more.
Cool slightly, then cut into nice size bits or rip it apart and dip in a bowl of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. This bread can’t be beat! It is soooo delicious and a really easy bread recipe. If you’ve never made bread before, Rosemary Bread is a great one to start with.
UPDATE: Thanks to Shanna for helping those who live in lower elevations make this recipe work. In the South, bakers should add 1 and 1/4 cups extra flour to make it turn out just right.
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Oh this looks yummy! I’ve never made bread before so do I have to have a mixer to blend everything?
This looks so easy–thanks to your tips and photos! I have been wanting to try making bread (sans machine) so this looks like the way to go.
Thanks for the awesome recipe!
I’ve never made bread before, but this looks easy AND yummy! We love Macaroni Grill’s bread, too, so I bet this would be a hit at our house. Thanks for the recipe!
I am making it right now, I hope it’s not an isuue I am made it with whole wheat white flour. If you like homemade bread, you should try the recipe for whole wheat bread on the back of the King Arthur Whole Wheat Flour Bag. It’s delicous and I haven’t bought a loaf of bread in months.
LaDonna – I’m sure you can make this without a mixer. And this is a great one for no mixer, as Sharon commented, as you don’t want to knead the dough.
Mommy Bee – this is a hit at our house and gone in minutes. Usually it’s the main course!
Lauren – I love whole wheat bread and I’ll have to try the King Arthur recipe. Homemade is so much yummier. Thanks.
YUM
so making this tonight to go with my beer butt chicken lol!
I am so making this tonight! We are huge lovers of warm bread dipped in oil and vineagar here, but I’ve never made my own bread!
My husband thanks you, I’m sure. =)
I am going to try this out right now! and have it for dinner tonight. I love making bread ever since I tried it about 3 months ago. Its SO easy. I use my kitchenAid mixer with the bread attachment. My mouth is totally watering just thinking about it! thanks for the EXCELLENT instructions and pics. (do you think parchmant paper will work just as well as your silicone mat?)
Wow! That looks yummy. I don’t know what to do first, make the bread or plant rosemary!
Thanks for the super delicious idea!!
YES!!!! This is just the recipe I’ve been looking for! I’ve been able to get some yummy focaccia at Trader Joe’s that has rosemary in it. When I go to the Macaroni Grill sometimes all I want to eat is their bread and oil and vinegar.
If only it weren’t so hot, I’d make this today. I even have fresh rosemary on hand!
I’ve been waiting for this recipe and am excited to try it. Thanks for sharing!
alright i haven’t tasted it yet but I just pulled it out of the oven and it smells soooo good!
This looks so yummy. I am going to make it today. I just found your blog, and it is awesome!! I have loved clicking back through the archives and seeing all your great ideas!! I am also going to make the sponge water toys this week!
Oh that looks great yum!!
Can I marry you? I love your cooking and your house, and supplies.. Bread looks yummy too. :)
Looks good!
I just had a bite of this delicious bread… its SO good and super easy. Thanks for the recipe. Fortunately I had all ingredients on hand (I used dried rosemary and it was just fine). Thanks again!
I made this bread today for lunch and it was AWESOME! Thanks so much for the recipe! I ended up using Italian seasoning instead of fresh rosemary and it still turned out amazing, although I would love to try it with the fresh rosemary. . .a good reason to make it again in a few days!
Wow, that looks phenomenal!
I’m sorry, but are you Martha Stewart under a pseudonym? I’ve done your chewy granola bars (twice) and dyed flowers this week, and now this recipe? Of course I have to try it! That looks lovely, and perfect. Thanks for sharing your amazing ideas–and making it so easy for me to appear domestic and have great craft ideas for my kids!
Oh yum yum!! I am going to make this for fathers day!
I’m super happy that most of you are going to try this OR already have!
Occasional Genius – Do both!
Lindsay – That is a compliment coming from you “Cafe Johnsonia!”
Janelle – I may be coming over to your house to get more!
Alex – Thanks, but no :)
Janel – Thank you , but nice try on the Martha! I’m glad I’m able to make you “appear domestic”, but if you are doing these things, then you ARE domestic! Keep it up and have a great crafty summer!
I must try that bread recipe. We love dipping in oil here too!
I have a question…I have an herb garden but my rosemary never looks that good. How do you get it to bush out like that??
THis bread turned out AMAZING!!! I even fudged the times a little to get it in the oven sooner. My husband LOVED it! I accidently added two tablespoons of salt instead of two teaspoons and it was still delightful. Made it yesterday and it is all gone. Thank you so much.
I’m a bread maker and was worried about the no kneading instruction, but it was FANTASTIC! The crumb was wonderful – we ate both loaves in one dinner. This one has joined the make again soon list! Thanks a ton.
this is something i could do. can’t wait to try!
Every time Marie makes this bread I want one whole loaf to myself :)
Kelly – For the herb, I have grown it for 3 years now. It is a perennial plant, but I toss it after the summer and buy a new one each spring. I get them at a local nursery or I have bought one at Walmart before. When you buy it, make sure it’s hearty looking to start with. Then plant it in a pot with potting soil. Then water every other day or so. I’ve found that Rosemary is the easiest one to grow and gets big and bushy for me. Good luck in growing some again. I hope it works out better for you this summer.
Clare – I’m glad it still tasted good with the extra salt. I actually like to put on a lot of salt on top anyway, it goes good with the oil and vinegar.
Marian – I’m happy you loved the bread, especially as a bread maker. It’s for sure one of our favorites and I make it all the time.
Jordan – I need to teach you how to make it next time!
i tried this recipe this weekend, and it’s definitely a keeper! (my husband ate a whole loaf by himself :>) thanks for sharing!
Ooh yummy – I have to try this recipe! Thanks!
This recipe looks great! I’ve been looking for something that is like the bread served in our local italian eatery. I can’t wait to try it.
oh!a friend n i baked it, and it was delicious, a real peace of heaven, but i used less water..
thank you!!!!! you made my saturday!!!!
Winner…can I make it with some other herb? We dont grow rosemary here, but this looks too good to resist!!
Yummy yum yum. Question… can I put this in a bread tin and still expect the same yummy yum yum results?
Whoa — my seven year old made this bread this afternoon, with very minimal help from me. It was much flatter than yours…we’ll add more flour next time…but wow, very close to the amazing Macaroni Grill foccacia. It has that fabulous crunch to it, but not a hurt-your-mouth kind of crunch. ;) It’s a keeper!!
You are one cruel cruel lady! I have been trying to diet and decrease my carb intake, but I saw this recipe and it looked so easy that I had to try it!! I was a little worried since there was no kneading involved but loved the idea of dumping ingredients in a bowl then forgetting about it until an hour later where I would place it on the cookie sheet and let it rise again… I baked it… and OMG it was delish!! I had one piece and dipped it in oil and vinegar.. then grabbed another.. and another.. and another until there was NO MORE LEFT of one loaf!!! I will be regretting it tomorrow when I go to the gym.. but oh was it worth it… the saltiness of the sea salt I sprinkled on the crust, the herbiness of the rosemary, the warmth of the bread, and the creaminess and tang of the oil and vinegar!! I have a question, how would you freeze this? I know it is super simple but sometimes I have class all day and would love just to take a loaf out of the freezer and enjoy fresh bread. Should I bake it partly and freeze it, or freeze the unbaked loaf? Thanks for a WONDERFUL recipe!
Do you know if this can be made in a breadmaker?
What type of flour do you use for this recipe?
Deanna – I don’t have a bread maker, so I’m not sure. I’m thinking you could mix it, skip the kneading, then continue on. If you try it, let me know.
Felicia – Just plain old white flour. Nothing special, that’s what’s so great about this recipe, so easy.
Your bread looks tastier that the original at this link, minus the rosemary. I think it’s the flour? What brand did u use?
http://chezmegane.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html
I love this bread. I have made it so many times. It’s so delicious I can eat it all by myself. That’s how dangerous it is! It’s a 5 star receipe.
I have been making your recipe for the last few weeks and I had a neighbor tell me it should become my signature dish!! My children would live on it if I would let them. But I have encountered a problem. The batch in the oven as well as the previous batch are much flatter than the others I’ve made. The only difference that comes to mind is I started using unbleached AP flour rather than bleached. Should that make a difference in how the bread rises or is it possible I’m doing something else?