Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 1 1/2 cups water (heated to 110 degrees F)
  • 1/2 teaspoon active yeast
  • 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons salt

Instruction

  • Add warm water to a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast over the top and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes. Add the flour and salt and stir everything together. Mix until a shaggy mixture forms.
  • Tightly cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 12 - 18 hours.
  • When you're ready to bake the bread, preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. When the oven has reached 450 degrees, place a covered cast iron dutch oven in the oven and heat the pot, empty, for 30 minutes. While the dutch oven is heating, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Lightly cover with plastic wrap and allow to set undisturbed while the pot is heating.
  • Remove hot pot from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover with the hot lid and return to the oven to bake, covered, for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes.
  • Remove bread from the dutch oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.