Garlic bread

This is one dough which can be used in multiple ways, I use it to make garlic bread, tawa naan, bhature, pizza base and buns!

Here are the ingredients for dough (this will make 8-10 naans or buns , 12-16 bhature depending upon their size and is enough to make a medium to large pizza depending upon thickness of the crust)

2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup of milk (I use full fat)
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil

To activate yeast you would need
1/5 cup of lukewarm water (warm it in microwave for 5-8 sec)
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp sugar

For garlic bread I use "Johnny's Garlic Spread and Seasoning", got this from Costco. And you would also need 2-3 tbsp butter after baking.

Activate yeast by mixing sugar and dry yeast in lukewarm water and keep it aside for about 5 minutes. You will see the solution becomes frothy indicating that your yeast is working.

Put together all the other ingredients in a kneading bowl along with activated yeast and knead it until you get a soft dough. Add more water as required. To make garlic bread I put in 1 tbsp of garlic spread powder while kneading the dough.

Once done you need to rest the dough, keep it covered in a warm place for about 1 hour. You will see that it almost doubles in size in one hour, now bring it to a working surface and punch out all the air in the dough. Then spread in an oval or rectangular shape (I kept thickness at 1/4th of an inch), cut it into 1/2 inch strips and place it in a greased baking tray. You can put aluminium foil on the tray and grease it with oil.

Now cover this tray with a cloth and put it in a warm place for 20 min. After 20 minutes preheat your oven at 420F and bake the bread for 15-20 minutes (time can vary depending upon the oven).
It will be ready when the crust turns golden brown.

Put softened butter in a bowl and mix in 1 tbsp of garlic spread. Brush this mixture on the bread immediately after you take it out of the oven. And your bread is ready to serve. If it gets cold, just cover it with foil and put it in oven at 350F for 2-3 minutes.

You can use the same dough and make naan on tawa and brush it with same butter and garlic powder mixture to make garlic naan!!