Best Homemade Panini Bread Recipes

PANINI BREAD RECIPE: NO-KNEAD & READY IN 1-HOUR!

Steps:

• Mix well water, yeast, and sugar in a jug or in a bowl and let it rest until foamy (about 5 minutes).
• Combine flour and salt in a large bowl.
• In the meanwhile, preheat the oven to 250F and turn it off.
• Add the liquid to the dry ingredients, add olive oil, and mix with a spoon or a spatula to incorporate the flour*. Mix well until no dry flour remains, but do not overmix.
• Cover the bowl with a damp kitchen towel or with cling film, then let rest in the warm oven for 30 minutes*.
• Take the dough out and preheat the oven to 440F° (forced fan).
• Gently scrape the edge of the bowl and pour the dough on a floured working surface. The dough is fluffy and a bit bubbly now, you don't want to deflate it.
• Dust the dough with flour and cut it into 10 portions as shown in the pictures above*.
• Gently roll out each portion, and keep dusting hands and surface with some flour if needed.
• Place each portion of dough (panino) on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
• Bake for about 20 minutes. If you have a conventional oven (without a fan), just bake for 5 minutes longer until golden and crusty.
• Enjoy while they're still warm if possible, they're delicious!

HOMEMADE PANINI BREAD

Steps:

• Mix in a bowl the cold and boiling water. The water needs to be cool enough to touch which is perfect temperature for yeast to develop. Stir the yeast in the water until dissolved.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and stir ideally in a mixture and for about 5 minutes or knead by hand - the dough needs to be pliable and elastic.
• Cover the dough with a tea towel and let it rise for an hour.
• Divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll them into oval flatbreads, around 15cm long. Cover a baking tray with baking parchment. Place the flatbreads on the tray, cover them and let rise again for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 180 degrees convection.
• Bake the breads for 10 minutes or until they are slightly golden on top. Leave to cool.
• Cut them lengthways and fill them a favourite filling of yours. Place them in the oven at 200 degrees convention or the grill setting until the filling is melted and the bread is crisp.

PANINI FROM THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in pan of bread machine according to manufacturer's directions.
• Select dough setting.
• When cycle is complete, turn out onto floured surface.
• Divide into 10 pieces.
• Shape into flat 5-inch rounds for buns, or 6-inch oblongs for panini style rolls.
• Flatten them down pressing with your hand or rolling pin.
• Place on parchment lined baking sheet.
• Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes.
• Oven temperatures vary so check after 9 minutes to see if done.