🥘 Ingredients
- flour 3 cups
- salt 2 teaspoons
- yeast ¼ teaspoon
- water 1 ½ cups
🍳 Cookware
- big bowl
- plastic wrap
- towel
- oven
- dutch oven
- parchment paper
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1Combine flour , salt , and yeast in a big bowl - stir well.
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2Add in water and stir until blended.
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3Cover the bowl with plastic wrap , and let it sit for 18 hours .
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4The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Rub flour on hands and turn it over a couple of times in the bowl. Let it sit for 2 hours more covered with a towel .
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5Preheat oven to 450 ºF.
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6Line the inside of the dutch oven with parchment paper .
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7Using flour on hands, scoop dough from bowl into the dutch oven and gently shake it to spread it out.
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8Cover the dutch oven with the accompanying lid and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes (my ideal time is 36 minutes ).
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9Remove the dutch oven lid and bake in the oven for another 15-20 minutes until the bread's surface has browned.
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10If you are using a #?breadpan instead of a dutch oven, then you only need one pass for baking at 400 ºF for 45 minutes .