Saturday, April 21, 2012

Easy No Knead Bread


3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups water

Mix flour, salt, yeast and sugar in a large bowl. Add olive oil and water* and mix. At first it will seem like there is too much liquid, then not enough. Cover and let sit at room temp for 3-5 hours until a little more than doubled in size. Use plenty of flour to form into 2 balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet dusted with cornmeal. Let rise for 30 minutes and slash each loaf a few times before putting into the oven. Bake in a 450 deg oven for 25-30 minutes or until it reaches a temp of 190 deg. Make sure to put a pan of hot water on a lower rack and spray the oven with water when you place the loves in to bake. This will give you a crisper crust.

*the exact amount of water varies depending on humidity. This is a very wet dough.
The dough will be wet



30 minute rise
cool for 30 minutes

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