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Bread, Worlds Easiest Crusty
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Grains Low Fat
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cups all-purpose flour -- plus more to work the bread
1/4 teaspoon instant active yeast
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
cornmeal -- to dust top of loaf
11 1/2 cups water -- (more or less - see directions)
1. Mix flour, yeast and salt together. Add the water in increments
to produce a sticky dough. Cover mixing bowl tightly with plastic
wrap and let it set for 12-18 hours in about 75F degrees, I set mine
in the microwave for safe keeping.
2. The dough will be ready when the dough is dotted with holes. Take
dough out onto a floured surface and work it 2-3 times gently and
quickly shape dough into a ball.
3. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour,
wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust
with more flour, wheat bran or cornmeal.
4. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours.
When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not
readily spring back when poked with a finger. At least a half-hour
before dough is ready, heat oven to 450F.
5. Put a 6 to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or
ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove
pot from oven. Slide your hand under towel and turn dough over into
pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is O.K.
6. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will
straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then
remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is
beautifully browned. Cool on arack.
Recipe yields: 1 1/2 pound loaf
Source:
"mommyskitchen.net"
S(Internet address):
"http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2009/09/worlds-easiest-crusty-bread-it-really.html";
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1368 Calories; 4g Fat (2.5%
calories from fat); 39g Protein; 287g Carbohydrate; 10g Dietary
Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 2754mg Sodium. Exchanges: 19 Grain(Starch);
0 Lean Meat.