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Easy Crusty Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 ½ c. slightly warm water
¼ c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. instant yeast
3 c. bread flour
2 tsp. salt
cornstarch for dusting
Directions:
Directions:
In a large bowl combine the water, whole wheat flour, sugar, yeast and 1 cup of the bread flour. Stir until smooth. Let stand until doubled in size and bubbly, about 60 minutes.

Add the rest of the bread flour and salt and knead with a wooden spoon in the bowl until smooth. The dough will be very sticky. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes. Fold the dough over itself. Repeat the rest-and-fold process 5 more times. The dough should become very elastic and stretchy with big bubbles of air.

Heat oven to 400º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and dust it with cornstarch.

Using floured hands, place the dough on the prepared baking sheet. Allow to rest for 15 minutes. Spritz the loaf with water, then bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped. Transfer to a rack to cool fully.

 

 

 

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