Garlic Bread with Cheese and Herbs

The kids have their two week break. The days seems so long and also flying by at the same time. Trying to pack lots of activities into the day to make it fun for them - Lego building, drawing and painting, play dough time, out door activities..... Phew !!!! It's tough keeping up with their energy levels sometimes :)

In the midst of all the fun, I am also trying to cook up some fun food. I saw this recipe while reading through some food blogs and I thought the kids would love it.

You need:

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tsp yeast
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1.5 cups flour
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• 1/4 cup cheese

Steps:

• In a bowl, add warm 1/2 cup water to the sugar and yeast. Let it sit for 5 minutes till it gets activated.
• Add 1 cup flour, 1 tbsp oil and mix well. Leave it covered to rise for about 45-60 minutes.
• After it has doubled, punch it down and add the remaining flour, garlic salt and mix well.
• Knead well for 5 minutes on a stand mixer or for about 10 minutes by hand.
• Leave the dough in a well oiled bowl covered by cling wrap to rise for about an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 200degrees C.
• Punch the dough down and place it on a floured surface. Roll it into a circle of about 1 cm thickness.
• Top with grated cheese. Fold it into a semi-circle.

• Cut it into 1 inch or lesser strips. Drizzle the remaining olive oil on the top and sprinkle the seasonings over it.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes till light brown in colour.
• Enjoy warm with soup or any dip.

Notes:

• You can use 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp minced garlic if you don't have garlic salt.
• You could add finely chopped capsicum and corn with the cheese as a filling.
• Please excuse the lack of pictures. With two children around my feet, its tough to click pictures as I am cooking. I will update the pictures the next time I make it, which will for sure, be soon :)