Ciabatta bread recipe! This homemade bread is crusty and filled with holes! It’s easy to make in the bread machine. Serve it for sandwich, soup or a dinner side dish!
Do you love bread? Of course you do! Who doesn’t love bread? In this bread machine recipe I’m going to show you how to make a delicious loaf of Ciabatta bread!
What is Ciabatta bread?
Ciabatta bread is a Italian white bread, kinda like a French baguette, but more elongated and broad. It’s usually chewy in texture and filled with crumbly air holes. It’s perfect for dipping in soup, eating for a sandwich or just eating sliced with a little bit of butter!
Ciabatta bread machine recipe
This bread recipe is really easy to make because it’s made with a bread machine! Load the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine, in whatever order your machine recommends. Select the dough cycle and start it!
After the machine is done, flour a counter surface and place dough on it. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for 20 minutes, letting it rise. After that, divide the dough into 2 pieces, forming each into a bread loaf shape.
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and lightly dust a nonstick baking sheet. Place the dough on on a baking sheet.
Now here’s the secret….
How to make bread crispy!
Right before you put it into the oven, spritz the bread loaves with water. Just use a cheapo water bottle to spritz the bread. Please don’t skip this step as it’s really the secret key to crispy bread! Now bake for 25-30 minutes or until slightly browned.
How to freeze ciabatta bread
Even though this bread is hard NOT to eat immediately, if you want to freeze it you totally can. Often I might make a few loaves to freeze because our family loves bread! To freeze, wrap the entire loaf in aluminum foil and then put in a freezer bag in the freezer. You can defrost the bread at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until fully thawed.
What goes good with ciabatta bread?
Anything! Hahaha. No seriously, this bread is so good. Sometimes I just enjoy it with a little dab of butter or raspberry jam for a snack!
If you want to use it for a meal, why not try some of these recipes that go along perfectly with it? Try my Cauliflower Soup, Slow Cooker Chicken, Stuffed Shells, or my favorite Meatloaf recipe. You can also make delicious homemade sloppy joe sandwiches with it!
Enjoy this Ciabatta Bread Machine Recipe!
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- Bread Machine Italian Bread
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Easy Ciabatta Bread
PrintIngredients
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 1/4 cups bread flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons dried rosemary
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine, in the order your dough machine requires. Select the Dough cycle and start it.
- Add a generous amount of flour to a counter surface and place dough on it. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 2 pieces, forming a bread loaf shape with each. Place dough onto a nonstick baking sheet. Dust lightly with flour on top.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. With a water bottle, spritz the bread loaves with water. Please don’t skip this step – this makes the bread crispy! Bake bread for 25 to 30 minutes, or until slightly brown.
Tonie T. says
Wow. Finally I have found the perfect loaf! Thank you so much for this recipe. It’s so light and airy on the inside, yet perfectly crunchy on the outside. Even I can be a baker! I followed it exactly!
Jam says
I can’t seem to find a food safe water spritzer… what are my options?? Can I just flick some water over the loaves? Put a pan of just-boiled water underneath them in the oven?
Pamela says
Hey Jam, absolutely – you don’t need anything fancy, just flick some water with your hands. 🙂 Enjoy the bread!
Pablo S says
Very easy to make. Came out crusty and delicious
Jamey Jeffries says
making the bread for supper having soup
Eva says
can i make this without bread machine? using stand mixer for kneading? How long to proof?
Mary says
My bread did not come out crispy. It also did not have the holes and pockets in the bread but instead very dense. It was still very good. Just really looking for a bread to come out with a crunch on the outside and air holes inside. Maybe I will try it again. Not sure what I did wrong.
kenneth says
Sounds like your yeast might have been bad. As for crust, when was last time you calibrated temperature on oven? Might not have been hot enough if dough was properly wet.
ANNE DALEY says
This bread looks so good. I have a 3 pound bread machine so I can double this recipe with no problem. My question is – Would I double everything even the yeast?
Colleen says
Can you make this without a bread machine??
Lynda says
Have you ever made ciabatta buns using this recipe?
Chuck says
What a great recipe. Made it yesterday and also ate it yesterday.
So easy to make and eat.
Pamela says
Thanks for stopping by Chuck, happy to hear you liked the recipe!
Tami Casey says
Receive is right on. I left out the rosemary as I made rolls for hamburgers.
Gina says
New at using bread machine. For this recipe should I set it at 2 or 1 1/2 pound loaf? T
Diana says
You are using machine on “dough” cycle so does not apply
wayne says
Tried this , worked out well . Will make it again, very good!!
Raik Liind says
Tried it with white flour and was somewhat disappointed. Tried it again with a 50-50 mix of white and wholemeal flour. Love it. Have made it 6+ times since.
Pamela says
Hi Raik, make sure you’re trying it with bread flour for best results! Thanks for commenting! 🙂
Sarah says
I’m wondering if 2 tablespoons of rosemary is a typo because I followed the recipe as instructed and the dough and bread was a gray color because of all the rosemary. The bread itself was a great consistency but the rosemary was too overpowering.
Pamela says
Hey Sarah, it’s not a typo, 2 tablespoons is correct. If the taste is too overwhelming for you then you can try with 1 tablespoon. Regarding the gray color, dried rosemary should not turn your bread gray. I suspect it’s a flour or salt issue causing the color, not rosemary. This link might help you: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/46594/what-makes-bread-gray Hope this helps!
Gerald Kallan says
(1) I used the “Quick Dough” cycle on my Zoji and it uses “Pre-heat”; does that affect the recipe? (2) I used a Convection Steam oven that starts with a cold oven and didn’t get a “holey” yet delicious bread; though I pulled it out at 205°, should I have stayed with your thermal oven? Need your thoughts. Easy recipe and fun to make.
barbara says
best bread machine recipe for crusty bread that I’ve found!
Sara says
Great recipe-and super easy!
Valerie says
Another amazing recipe!! Tastes just like bread made in a restaurant. Pairing it with our braised meat in red wine tonight. Thank you!