Why not leave out the oil and honey and make real ciabatta?

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Louis Cohen
Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8"


"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>I made this for dinner tonight, adapted from a pizza dough recipe I've
> used for years. It must have been pretty good. There was none left.
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>
> * Exported from MasterCook *
>
> Mock Ciabatta
>
> Recipe By :
> Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :1:00 +Rising and Cooling
> Categories :
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> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> 2 1/4 Teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
> 1 Cup Lukewarm Water
> 2 1/4 Cups Bread Flour
> 1 Teaspoon Salt
> 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
> 1 Tablespoon Honey
> Rosemary (optional)
>
> Combine yeast and water; allow to stand 5 minutes.
>
> In bowl of food processor, combine flour and salt. Drizzle oil and honey
> on top of flour. Place lid on food processor. While running, slowly
> pour in yeast/water mixture. Process 30 seconds. Rest 15 minutes.
> Process 45 seconds.
>
> Dough will be soft and sticky, but do not add additional flour. Turn
> dough into oiled bowl. Cover and place in warm place to rise until
> tripled in bulk, about 90 minutes.
>
> Heavily flour large cookie sheet. Turn dough onto cookie sheet, sprinkle
> top of dough generously with flour and press with palms of hands to
> flatten into rough rectangle, being careful not to completely deflate the
> dough. Cover with towel and let rest 15 minutes for easier shaping.
> With hands, pull dough into long oval. With floured fingers, make deep
> indentations all over loaf, making sure to press all the way down to
> cookie sheet. Sprinkle loaves lightly with flour. If desired, sprinkle
> loaf with crushed rosemary. Cover and let rise in warm place until
> doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes.
>
> Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place 12 ice cubes on floor of oven. Bake
> loaf on middle rack 25 to 30 minutes until golden, using spray bottle to
> spritz loaves with water 3 times during first 10 minutes of baking. Cool
> loaves on wire rack.
>
> Description:
> "This makes a quick loaf of bread, reminiscent of a good ciabatta."
> Yield:
> "1 Loaf"
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> Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 240 Calories; 5g Fat (20.4%
> calories from fat); 7g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
> Cholesterol; 357mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat;
> 1 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.
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> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
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