Bread recipe

25 Mar 2020

A recipe I found online. The original recipe was written by Crafty Cooking Mama.

Ingredients

• 3 cups lukewarm water
• 2 packets of yeast
• 1.5 tablespoon salt
• 6.5 cup all-purpose flour
• Additional flour / cornmeal for dusting

Instructions

1. Combine in bowl and mix: water, yeast, salt
2. Mix until dough is wet and sticky with no dry patches
3. Cover with plastic wrap, but do not seal airtight — let it rise for 2 hours at room temperature
4. Scoop up a handful of the dough and rub it with a layer of flour — gently stretch the top around, tucking the sides into the bottom to form a round, smooth loaf
5. Put the loaf on a cutting board dusted with cornmeal to prevent sticking — let it rise, uncovered, for 30-90 minutes
6. Preheat the over to 450°F — put the baking stone on the middle rack and a metal pan on the bottom rack
7. Dust the loaf liberally with flour and make 3 sharp cuts on the top
8. Slide the loaf onto the preheated baking stone
9. Pour 1 cup of hot water into the metal pan and close the over to trap the steam
10. Bake for 30 minutes, until the crust is brown and the loaf feels light and hollow