This bread is so easy and delicious it's almost sinful. It reminds me of this crusty bread but doesn't take 17283 hours to make. Four ingredients people. FOUR. I don't even pull out my KitchenAid mixer for this... I use a large soup spoon and that's it!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. warm water
2 1/4 tsp. yeast (1 pkg)
2 tsp. salt
3 1/4 c. bread or all-purpose flour (I use all-purpose)
extra flour for dusting
corn meal for stone?
In a large bowl, add the water, yeast and salt. Stir until combined. Add the flour and stir until incorporated. Work the dough with a spoon until the lumps are gone. (Don't spend more than 3 minutes or so doing this.) Place a towel or plastic wrap over the bowl and set in a warm area for 2 hours.
Pre-heat oven to 450. Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven to warm as well. (I don't have a pizza stone. I use a regular cookie sheet turned upside down. The key is that whatever surface you use is as hot as the oven. And I put the dough on parchment paper without any cornmeal.) Add 2 c. of water in an oven-safe dish and place in the rack below the pizza stone. This will create steam which = a nice crust.
Once the dough has risen, form in to a ball and sprinkle flour on top. Make 2 or 3 slices on the top of the bread. (My dough is VERY doughy and is more of a blob as opposed to a ball. Doesn't matter!) Sprinkle the pizza stone with corn meal or flour and place the dough on top. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
I make 2 of these at a time (totally separate bowls, cooking, etc.) because my family inhales this stuff.
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