Stromboli (Recipe 14)

I had planned to show pictures of the finished dish, but the family wiped out all the food before I had the opportunity.

Stromboli

Ingredients:

Bread choices:

White Bread Style
5 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoon yeast
2 cups very hot water

or Wheat Bread Style
1 cup flour
3 cups wheat flour
1 1/2 tablespoon yeast
2 cups very hot water

Filling:
Slices of your favorite deli meat and cheese. For my family of 9, I used 3/4 pound of salami and 3/4 pound of Colby-jack cheese. Both were thinly sliced.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add all bread ingredients together and mix well. Place in large bowl and cover. Let rest in warm place for 30-45 minutes, until at least double. Split dough into two equal portions.

Roll one portion of dough into a 11" x 13" rectangle. Place a single layer of deli meat on top of dough, leaving a 1" border of dough on the outside of the rectangle. Repeat with a layer of cheese. Roll dough up, beginning with the long end. Seal the dough seam and ends by pinching. Place seam-side down on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with other portion of dough. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Cover with foil for first twenty minutes. Remove foil to allow browning.

My kids raved about this meal. While not a particularly healthy entree, it is an alternative to homemade pizza when we need comfort food. We all ate too much!