dutch oven bread

[sarcasticgirl]

This recipe is AMAZING and really easy

themerlinmenu.blogspot.com/2010/10/dutch-oven-bread.html


Ingredients and Method:
1 package active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour and a bit more for dusting the bread after rising.

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water in a bowl or mixer. Add the flour and salt (in that order) and mix thoroughly. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest on a counter at room temperature at least six hours and preferably, overnight. (This allows the enzymes to continue to work to develop a nice flavor to the dough) It'll be loose and bubble up, that's ok.

Dust a cutting board with some flour and scrape the dough onto it. Sprinkle a bit of flour over the top as it will be very sticky. Don't knead, just fold the dough over onto itself a couple of times, and shape into a ball. If the dough is too loose, just knead in 1/4 cup of flour. Repeat as necessary until the dough is the consistency you would like. Shape into a ball by pulling around the dough edges and folding underneath. Place on the counter on a piece of parchment paper and cover with a towel and let rise for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours. 

When you are ready to bake the bread, preheat the dutch oven in the oven at 450 degrees. Carefully remove the dutch oven, take off the top, and using the parchment paper, lift up the dough ball (towel removed, of course, heh heh) and gently drop it into the dutch oven. Use a knife to slash 3 slits in the dough, diagonally.Cover and place back in oven.

Bake covered for 20 minutes, then remove the lid and continue baking for 15 minutes until dough is browned. Remove from oven and cool for one hour before cutting.

[Deleted]

Sounds nice and easy! My lazy butt loves no-knead bread recipes!

[sarcasticgirl]

It makes great toast and grill sandwiches.

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[Apple]

Another bread recipe for me to try!  Love no-knead, easy breads

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Sounds easy! Might I suggest using a sifter for 'dusting' the cutting board or parchment-papered counter-top and for dusting the dough just before baking? you'd get a more even, thin, and powdery layer of flour. Just my 2 ¢ .

[Blonde Granny]

This sounds delicious and  easy for me to try.  I just recently set the top of the chicken pot pie I was baking on fire.  Good thing the people we had for dinner were verrrrrrry good friends.

I've told people more than once: My kitchen is for looking not cooking.