Bread you never thought could come from your oven

This is actually one of the first posts I ever wrote AND somehow in the shuffle of my transfer a few months ago, this little post was lost!! SO, after being asked the other day where it had disappeared to… I pulled it off the other site and brought it back HERE where it belongs!!

Bread you never thought could come from your oven!

This artisan style bread is so simple and so delicious no one will believe it came from your oven!

We discovered this bread fall 2010… we like to go camping and 4-wheeling, naturally you have to take along a dutch oven (or 7 if you are my husband.) This bread was such a hit that we ran and bought a ceramic dutch oven at Costco and have been baking it constantly ever since!

You’ll be the talk of the town where ever you go with this loaf!!

Measure out the flour

Add dry ingredients

Hand stir

Mix till moistened

2 sheets of saran, over lapping

Spray with cooking spray

Let sit for at least 12 hours (it’s very forgiving, can go longer if necessary) and the ceramic dutch oven.

Separate into loaves on a floured surface

Bring the edges in

flip loaf over for a second rise

45 minutes later they are ready to bake

pick up a loaf and quickly place it into your 500 degree pot

I hope that looks quick!!

Replace the lid and bake for 22 min or till lightly browned

and Wha-la!

Drew’s sister Cecily and her new husband Robbie loved this bread so much they asked if we would prepare enough loaves for their wedding reception that was in June 2011 … 27 loaves were made over the course of a weekend and frozen for the big day!!

It got fabulous reviews!! We love this bread… NO kneading necessary!

Bread you never thought could come from your oven…

Author: Ruthie

Recipe type: Artisan Bread

Prep time: 12 hours 20 mins

Cook time: 22 mins

Total time: 12 hours 42 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

3 C flour
1¼ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp instant dry yeast
1½ C hot water

Instructions

Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, hand stir, add water and mix till moist, cover entire bowl with saran wrap that has been generously cooking sprayed.
Let sit for at least 12 hours.
Turn out dough onto a floured surface, (divide into loaves, if doing multi-batch) pull the sides in, and flip the loaf over.
Cover again with the same saran and let raise for 45 min or double in size.
Warm the oven to 500 degrees with the pot inside.
Carefully place dough in pot, replace lid, and cook for 22 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool on a wire rack.

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*I figure if I am going to the effort to make 1 loaf… why not make 4? (They freeze really well)

4 loaves

12 C flour
5 T sea salt
1 T yeast
6 C hot water

In a very large bowl follow the directions above, repeat the baking instructions 4 times. (Keep the saran wrap on the loafs of bread between baking so it won’t dry out)

Whole Wheat Artisan Bread

3 C whole wheat flour

1/4 C honey (spray measure cup first with cooking spray for easy removal)

1/2 tsp yeast

1 1/4 tsp sea salt

1 1/2 C hot water

Follow directions the same as above…