This is truly the best crust bread I have ever made. It is so easy and simple that anyone will have success. As a matter of fact you can put anything you want to it. You can make it with raisins, cranberries, nuts flax seed etc. It is simply wonderful to serve when company comes. so here is the Recipe:
3 cups of all purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp. dry active yeast
1 cup of room temp. water.
anything else you want to incorporate.
With a wooden spoon mix all ingredients well, it should be very sticky. Take a good amount of flour in your hands this will allow you to handle the bread dough better and shape it into a ball. You will the shape into a ball and put it into your dutch oven or a glass or metal bowl cover then let it rise for 12 to 18 hours.
After the bread has set for at least 12 hours place covered into a 450 degree oven for 30 minutes then remove from oven uncover score the bread I usually put an X on the top of the bread. then put back into the oven until golden brown, leave in until it is the type of brown that you like. This usually takes another 30 minutes.
I usually have my bread on a cookie sheet and with parchment paper underneath this was it brown on all sides. After you let the bread cool slice into thin slices and eat with cream cheese, butter. I made one bread with cranberries and pecans and it was very good. I am going to try Thyme and black olives, then I might even make cinnamon bread that I can spread my apple butter on,
This is how the bread looks after you mike all the ingredients up and put into the dutch oven
it looks when you remove it from the oven this is the way. So this bread is open to so many different ways , it is truly the easiest bread I have made so far. If you can think of different flavors write me a comment or let me know how your bread turns out.
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