rosemary and cheese bread

If you like herbs in your bread, you may want to try your hand at baking rosemary and cheese bread. The aromatic smell of the herbs when the bread is baking in the oven is simply heavenly.

This bread is similar to the focaccia. The difference is that there is grated parmesan cheese included in this bread.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup water

3 tbsp olive oil

2 tsp brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp dried Italian herbs

1 tbsp dried rosemary leaves

1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 1/2 cups bread flour

2 tsp active dry yeast

METHOD

1. Place all the ingredients (except the bread flour and the yeast) in the bucket of the breadmaker machine.

2. Add the bread flour, making sure that the wet ingredients are totally covered by the bread flour.

3. Add the yeast.

4. Place the bucket in the breadmaker machine and select "dough" cycle. Start the cycle.

5. When the cycle has been completed, turn the dough onto a floured board. Using floured hands, knead the dough for another 5 times.

6. Place the dough in a 7" x 10" loaf pan that has been greased and lined with baking paper. Spread out the dough in the loaf pan evenly.

7. Cover the loaf pan with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour.

8. Bake at 180 degrees celsius for 35 minutes.