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Garlic Bread, Roasted and Mellow
A dense, garlicky baguette that can be served with plain butter or, for more intense garlic flavor, use garlic butter.
Prep Time
4
hours
hours
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
4
hours
hours
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
3
loaves
Calories
Author
Marye Audet-White
Ingredients
3
heads of garlic
3
cups
lukewarm potato water
Pinch of granulated ginger
2
yeast
(1 1 /2 tablespoons)
1 ½
tablespoons
kosher salt
1
tablespoons
sugar
1
teaspoon
granulated garlic
5 ½
to 6 ½ cups bread flour
Instructions
Mix the yeast, ginger, sugar, water, 2 cups of the flour in a large bowl.
Set aside and let rise for about an hour..
Meanwhile, roast the garlic by wrapping it in aluminum foil and baking it for 30 minutes in a 400F oven.
Cool.
Cut the top from each of the garlic heads and squeeze the softened garlic out into a small bowl.
Mash it completely – you should have about 4 to 6 tablespoons.
Stir the dough down and add the garlic, salt, and granulated garlic.
Place in the bowl of a mixer with the dough hook attached.
Mix in enough of the remaining flour to make a slightly sticky dough.
Cover bowl with a loose towel and let it rise for 2 ½ hours.
Punch down.
Divide into three loaves.
Shape into baguettes.
Sprinkle a cookie sheet with cornmeal and add the loaves to the sheet.
Let loaves rise 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 450F degrees.
Slash the top of the loaves.
Bake for 30 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
Let cool before slicing.