Italian Herbs and Cheese Bread

Step 1

Combine the warm water and yeast into a large mixing bowl. Whisk for 1 minute and then let it stand for 8-10 minutes. It will look rather frothy, which means the yeast has been activated.

Step 2

Next, you will add in the sugar, salt, and olive oil. Mix this for about 1 minute.

Step 3

Then, you will want to add in your flour. Start with one cup at a time and mix well, after each addition. After you have added in about 4 cups of the flour, switch to your dough hook as the bread dough is going to start getting sticky and harder to work with.

Step 4

Then, continue adding in the rest of the flour. You want a dough that doesn't look sticky anymore and has started coming together.

Step 5

Lightly flour a cutting board or piece of parchment paper. Then, you will scoop the dough out and knead for 1 minute. Kneading just means folding the dough towards you and pushing down with the palm of your hand. Then, keep rotating the dough and folding for approximately 1 minute.

Step 6

Form the bread dough into a ball and place it in a large well-oiled bowl. Cover it, and let it rise for 1 hour.

Step 7

When the dough has risen, you will want to split it in half, and shape two loaves. Now these will be larger than a traditional loaf from Subway, so you can also just make 4 small loaves.

Step 8

Then, sprinkle the italian seasonings on the tops of the loaves.

Step 9

Follow that with the cheese.Then, let it rise another 15 minutes before baking. Use this time to pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

Step 10

Then, bake for 20-25 minutes. When the bread is done, you can brush melted butter over the tops of the bread to really add that extra tasty finish.