*Adapted from plattertalk.com recipe
I have made this yummy bread recipe so many times. It’s delicious and you feel so satisfied knowing that you made your own bread FROM SCRATCH!
The best part of this recipe is you don’t have to knead the dough! If you’ve had to knead a lot of dough by hand then you understand how great it is to omit that.
The first time I made this recipe it didn’t turn out well, but I made it again and again and tweaked it here and there and eventually have become confident with it. If you are struggling at first, that’s okay! Don’t give up. Practice makes perfect! 🙂
Ingredients:
- 3 1/4 Cups Lukewarm water (100° Fahrenheit)
- 1 1/2 TBS Dry active yeast
- 6 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 TBS Salt
Directions:
- Mix together water and yeast with a whisk until the yeast is dissolved.
- Add flour and salt and mix with a spoon until combined.
- Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel.
- Have the dough rise at room temperature for 2 hours.
- After the dough has risen, place dough on a cutting board or baking sheet.
- Put flour over the top of the dough.
- Cut the dough in half.
- Shape into 2 loaves.
- Put a little more flour on the top of the loaves.
- Make 3 slashes in the dough with a serrated knife.
- Cover the loaves with a kitchen towel and let them sit for 40 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 450° Fahrenheit.
- Place 2 baking pans in the oven while preheating.
- Boil 1 cup of water.
- Take the baking pans out of the oven.
- Reshape the dough and place in the baking pans and place in oven.
- Take the boiling water into a different baking pan and place on the bottom rack of the oven. (This will help the outside of the bread become very crispy.)
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool
- Dig in!
Things you can put on it or make with it
- Butter it up!
- Cheese
- PB & J
- Honey
- Italian seasoning
- Olive oil
If you have any questions or comments you can do so down below or go to my contact page. Enjoy 🙂