Bread-Master Recipe (Artisan Free-Form Loaf) Recipe
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Ingredients: 3 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 T. yeast (2 packets)
1 1/2 T. kosher or coarse salt
6 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose white flour
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Directions:Add yeast and salt to water in a 5 qt. bowl, preferably, in a resealable, lidded (not airtight) plastic food container.
Mix in all of the flour. Mix with wooden spoon or a mixer with dough hook. Don't knead. Dough is wet and loose. Cover with lid. Allow to rise at room temperature until it begins to collapse, approx. 2 hours. You can use a portion of the dough any time after this. Refrigerated dough is less sticky and easier to work with.
Sprinkle board with corn meal to prevent your loaf from sticking as you slide it into the oven. Sprinkle surface of dough with flour. Pull up and cut off a 1 pound (grapefruit size) piece of dough, using a serrated knife.
Add flour as needed so it won't stick to your hands. Stretch dough around to the bottom on all four sides to shape. Place ball on board. Allow the loaf to rest for about 40 minutes.
Preheat baking stone or pan at 450º for twenty minutes. Place an empty
pan for holding water on any other rack in oven.
Dust with flour and slash a 1/4 inch deep cross into the top using a serrated knife. Slide loaf onto preheated stone or pan. Quickly but carefully pour 1 cup of hot tap water into the empty pan in oven and close oven door to trap steam. Bake for about 30 minutes.
Store remaining dough in refrigerator for up to 14 days in a lidded storage container (not airtight). The dough can also be frozen and defrosted overnight in the refrigerator prior to baking day. |
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Notes: If you want to store enough for 8 one-pound loaves, use 6 cups water, 3 T. salt, 3 T. yeast and 13 cups flour.
Variations: Herb bread-Add herbs. Wheat bread-substitute 1 cup whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the white flour. Peasant bread-substitute 1/2 cup rye flour and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the white flour.
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