Panini bread

Name: Panini bread
Yield: 10-12 rolls
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 cups flour (I used whole wheat bread flour, you can use AP flour too); 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp dry yeast; 2 tbsp butter (softened); 1 1/4 cup warm water

Kristin Toh @cook_13774205

To make good panini, you need good bread. I personally prefer slightly dense bread, not so airy. After pressing, it is still chewy on the inside while super crispy on the outside.

Kristin Toh @cook_13774205

To make good panini, you need good bread. I personally prefer slightly dense bread, not so airy. After pressing, it is still chewy on the inside while super crispy on the outside.

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Ingredients

Total 2h

10-12 rolls

4 cupsflour (I used whole wheat bread flour, you can use AP flour too)
1 1/2 tspsalt
1 tspsugar
1 tbspdry yeast
2 tbspbutter (softened)
1 1/4 cupwarm water

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Steps

Total 2h

1

Gather the ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and sugar.
2

Add the yeast, butter and enough warm water to make a soft, sticky dough.
3

Knead the dough by hand or with an electric stand mixer (with dough hook) for 5 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. The dough should feel tacky at this point.
4

Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, gather it up into a mound, and turn it over. Cover the bowl with plastic and place in a draft-free place to rise until doubled, about 30mins in a very warm kitchen or an hour or longer in a cool kitchen. I put mine inside the microwave oven that was still warm from softening the butter earlier.
5

Divide the dough into 10 to 12 plum-sized balls. Set the balls of dough on a lightly floured surface, cover, and leave to rest for 15 to 20 mins.
6

Preheat oven to 400 degC. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Take each ball of dough and gently spread and shape it into a flat, oblong roll about 6” (15cm) in length. Place them on the prepared sheet with space between each roll for expansion. Cover and leave the rolls to rise for 30 to 60 mins.
7

Place the panini rolls in the middle of the oven and bake for about 8 mins or until set and barely colored. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before slicing lengthwise along one side and building the sandwiches.