Recipes for the Soul---Pesto Bread

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Pesto Bread______________________________Get the great flavor of bread right in your own kitchen.Who knew it could be so easy. Enjoy!Ingredients:2 cups warm water2 Tbsp. yeast2 Tbsp. sugar3/4 cup olive oil3 1/2 tsp. kosher salt4 cups white flour2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper1 head of raw peeled chopped garlic, crushed1/2 cup fresh or canned pestoPreparation:Mix the yeast, sugar and water. Stir with a wire whisk until dissolved. Let this set for about 5 minutes. Add the 1/2 cup olive oil and 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir in two cups of flour. Set this aside for about 10 minutes. It will be bubbling now, add the other 2 cups of flour along with the garlic and knead this well until the dough is smooth and soft. It should not want to hold any more flour at this point. Add a little oil to a very large Ziploc bag and add the dough to this. Put this inside the fridge for about three hours. Remove dough from fridge and set in a large greased bowl for about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Divide the dough in half and stretch and spread on a pizza stone or countertop (and then transfer to a baking sheet) sprinkled with cornmeal.Brush the tops of the bread with olive oil, sprinkle with the black pepper, and kosher salt. Bake these in the lower third of the oven for about 10 minutes. As soon as the bread comes out, brush the tops well with the prepared pesto.

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