Second day Ingredients:
5 cups white flour
1 tsp salt
4 cloves of garlic
1 egg (slightly beaten)
1/2 jar of Classico Tomato & Basil sauce
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp yeast
3-4 tbsp of olive oil
The biggest difference from day one to day two was that the first day I used half whole wheat flour and didn't have garlic. The whole wheat tasted good (of course) but it wasn't as red as I wanted it to be so the second day I used only white flour (I was also out of whole wheat) with the hope that it would take to the color of the sauce more. And it did. The second attempt was much more red, and very popular when I brought it to work. I did get the suggestion that next time I should try adding a little bit of finely chopped fresh basil as well to make the basil more noticeable, I think I'm going to do that next time.
I forgot to take a picture the second day so this is one of the loaves from the first day with the half whole wheat flour. The second one was a bit more red, mostly on the inside but the crust was more noticeably red as well when I only used white flour.
oh my gosh! yumm! i have been in love with Panera's tomato basil bread for years now, and i never did find a recipe that sounded right. thank you for posting this, ill be trying it next week!
ReplyDeleteI worked at panera for over a year, it was always my favorite too. It isn't quite the same but that was the model for my bread. Panera's has a brown sugar streusal on top as well you could try if you want it to be more like theirs. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!
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