Prepare a basic bread dough. There are tons of recipes out there, but a simple one I use:
Combine 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons warm water(I just eyeball around 1 1/4 cup, should be around 110 degrees which is warm to the touch like warm bath water but not uncomfortably hot), 3 cups AP flour or bread flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoon yeast. 1/2 Teaspoon sugar seems optional, I didn't add it on this one, but have before. I just threw all the ingredients in a bread maker on the dough setting, but you can also combine the ingredients in a stand mixer or by hand and then let it rise in an oiled bowl for an hour. The bread machine does that part automatically.
From there the fun part is deciding what to put in the bread. Preheat the oven to 375 while getting this part ready. It seems difficult to go wrong here. Put some parchment paper down along with some flour to keep the dough from sticking to it and flour your hands. Flatten the dough out and start putting toppings on. I was out of mozzarella cheese, so I threw down a few string cheeses, some sharp cheddar, some white cheddar, and a ton of pepperoni. Basically just use whatever cheese you have, but provolone and mozzarella are best. If you were to use Salami, banana peppers, bacon, jalapenos, even cut up hot dogs or spam they would all be bomb, but the classic is cheese and pepperoni.
Roll it up, again seems hard to go wrong here. If it's not sealed perfectly no problem you'll get some blow outs anyways which release pepperoni grease for the bread to cook in which makes it even better. The bottom of the bread ends up getting kind of crispy and greasy delicious. Try to make sure there's extra pepperoni at the ends or you'll end up with a few inches of just bread. I rolled it into a long roll so I could cut small pieces off when it's done. Put it seam side down.
Put it in the oven at 375 on the parchment paper for 40-50 minutes. I took this out when it had 10 minutes left and brushed it with olive oil and sprinkled garlic powder and oregano on it. Came out quite good especially for just using whatever cheese I had. You'll know it's done when it's browned and looks ready to eat.
Basic inexpensive quarantine food but it sure is bomb!
Combine 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons warm water(I just eyeball around 1 1/4 cup, should be around 110 degrees which is warm to the touch like warm bath water but not uncomfortably hot), 3 cups AP flour or bread flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoon yeast. 1/2 Teaspoon sugar seems optional, I didn't add it on this one, but have before. I just threw all the ingredients in a bread maker on the dough setting, but you can also combine the ingredients in a stand mixer or by hand and then let it rise in an oiled bowl for an hour. The bread machine does that part automatically.
From there the fun part is deciding what to put in the bread. Preheat the oven to 375 while getting this part ready. It seems difficult to go wrong here. Put some parchment paper down along with some flour to keep the dough from sticking to it and flour your hands. Flatten the dough out and start putting toppings on. I was out of mozzarella cheese, so I threw down a few string cheeses, some sharp cheddar, some white cheddar, and a ton of pepperoni. Basically just use whatever cheese you have, but provolone and mozzarella are best. If you were to use Salami, banana peppers, bacon, jalapenos, even cut up hot dogs or spam they would all be bomb, but the classic is cheese and pepperoni.
Roll it up, again seems hard to go wrong here. If it's not sealed perfectly no problem you'll get some blow outs anyways which release pepperoni grease for the bread to cook in which makes it even better. The bottom of the bread ends up getting kind of crispy and greasy delicious. Try to make sure there's extra pepperoni at the ends or you'll end up with a few inches of just bread. I rolled it into a long roll so I could cut small pieces off when it's done. Put it seam side down.
Put it in the oven at 375 on the parchment paper for 40-50 minutes. I took this out when it had 10 minutes left and brushed it with olive oil and sprinkled garlic powder and oregano on it. Came out quite good especially for just using whatever cheese I had. You'll know it's done when it's browned and looks ready to eat.
Basic inexpensive quarantine food but it sure is bomb!
