by Shantel Smith
Ingredients
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup warm water
Instructions
1. In large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and years. Add water. Stir until a sticky mixture forms.
2. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Set aside for 12-18 hours (up to 24).
3. Preheat oven to 450. Place a cast iron dutch oven with a lid in the oven and heat pot for 30 minutes. Pour mixture onto floured surface and shape into round loaf.
4. Place dough in the hot dutch oven and cover. Cook for 30 minutes. Then, remove the lid and bake an addition 10-15 minutes.
(Can also cook with coals, but make sure to preheat the dutch oven before putting in the dough It should be really hot!).
***Recipe from Alaska from Scratch blog http://www.alaskafromscratch.com/2012/07/27/dutch-oven-crusty-bread/
We tried this recipe this weekend. We were surprised how simple it was and how well it turned out! Our oven was pretty hot and so we only had to cook it for 26 minutes. And the crust was already really crispy and delicious!
ReplyDeleteI made this recipe and used about 32 briquettes. I heated up the dutch oven for a while before adding the dough to make sure it was hot enough. The recipe was very easy however, I feel like the yeast may not have activated enough to properly rise during the cooking. I may have needed to also add more briquettes half way through to ensure that it maintained 450 degrees. In the end the bread tasted good and it was a great learning experience.
ReplyDeleteThis recipe was really easy and turned out really well! I preheated the Dutch oven for 30 minutes, and added more charcoal about 10 minutes after putting the bread dough in.
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