New<> this month
Get the Allrecipes magazine
  • ✕
+
  • ✕
—
  1. Home
  2. Recipes
  3. Bread
  4. Yeast Bread
  5. White Bread
Photo of Italian Bread II by Verla

Italian Bread II

Rated as 4.52 out of 5 Stars
140 made it  |  88 reviews   |  25 photos
3

Recipe by:

"A simple crusty Italian style loaf bread."
Added to shopping list. Go to shopping list.

Ingredients

2 h 40 m servings 147
Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 loaf)

Directions

{{model.addEditText}} Print
  1. Add all ingredients except egg, 1 tablespoon water, sesame seeds, and cornmeal into your bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the dough cycle.
  2. Divide dough into 2 parts and form into loaves. Sprinkle cornmeal on greased baking sheet. Place loaves on pan seam side down. Brush top of loaves with water. Let rise til double, about 50 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  4. Brush loaves with egg wash. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Make 4 cuts about 1/4 inch deep across top of log. Place a pan of hot water in bottom of oven. Bake bread for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. To make a nice crusty bread, bake bread in the afternoon and pop into oven again for 5 minutes before meal. Makes a very crusty bread! You would be surprised how much better it is if you heat it that last 5 minutes. Try it. I learned this in a bread machine class!
You might also like
No-Knead Artisan Style Bread

No need to knead this easy crusty loaf!
Italian Chickpea Bread

Italian-inspired, gluten-free bread made with chickpea flour.
Cheese Herb Bread

See how to make fragrant cheese herb bread.

Get the magazine

Subscribe to Allrecipes Magazine

Get a full year for $10!

Cook 5-star weekday dinners every time.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 147 calories; 2.8 25.9 4.1 16 298 Full nutrition

Explore more

Get the magazine

Subscribe to Allrecipes Magazine

Get a full year for $10!

Cook 5-star weekday dinners every time.

Reviews

Read all reviews 88
Rate and review

  1. 108 Ratings

  2.  
    Rated as 5 out of 5 Stars
  3.  
    Rated as 4 out of 5 Stars
  4.  
    Rated as 3 out of 5 Stars
  5.  
    Rated as 2 out of 5 Stars
  6.  
    Rated as 1 out of 5 Stars
Most helpful positive review

This is a really good bread, but the recipe is VERY vague. For example, it says to shape the dough into loaves, placing the seam side down...what seam? See now, if I didn't know any better, I ...

Read more
Most helpful critical review

Really salty---might cut the salt to 1 tsp. next time. Also, mine took longer to bake (35-40 min.)

Read more
Most helpful
Most positive
Least positive
Newest

This is a really good bread, but the recipe is VERY vague. For example, it says to shape the dough into loaves, placing the seam side down...what seam? See now, if I didn't know any better, I ...

Read more

This was an excellent Italian bread recipe, but it's a good thing I checked it after a few minutes of kneading in the machine; it was like batter instead of dough! I ended up adding about 3/4 C....

Read more

THIS BREAD IS AWESOME!!!!!! THE BEST ITALIAN BREAD I HAVE EVER MADE! My family loves this bread. I have made it 3 times already and it has turned out great every time. The only change I have ...

Read more

We loved this bread--had a nice crust and soft interior and was so delicious! The recipe is very adaptable to a manual process--I kneaded it for about 5 minutes after mixing. I made one big loaf...

Read more

This recipe is my family's favorite bread recipe. I am constantly asked to make it. I use it to make homemade hamburger buns, (just divide dough into 8 balls, you'll never want those wimpy, soft...

Read more

I like a chewier, less sweet bread so I used bread flour and reduced the sugar by half. Also, a 3:1 ratio of flour to water generally works best for me, so I used just one cup of water. Sandwic...

Read more

Great bread recipe. It was a little sticky once I removed it from the bread machine so I just left it all in one large loaf and it baked just perfectly. I did add 1/2 tsp-1 tsp of each garlic ...

Read more

This was a very easy and delicious recipe. The original recipe doesn't tell you what to do with the egg, but I combined the egg & water and washed the bread with it, which gave the bread a love...

Read more

This recipe is good but not great. It is a bit vague and although I used the full amount of salt it tasted bland. It does have a nice crust and soft interior which is the reason for the 4 star...

Read more
More Reviews