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Best Basic Homemade Bread

Ready in 1.5 hours, 4 Ingredients + Delicious! Oh!! And you only knead it twice!
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Prep Time 1 hr 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Servings 12 slices

Equipment

  • 1 Dutch Oven Or Oven Safe Pot for 475° temperature

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups Flour
  • 1 ½ tsp Salt Plus more for topping loaf
  • 1 tbsp Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 ¾+ cups Warm Water Just enough to make it all stick together

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, combine four, salt and yeast.
  • Mix together.
  • Add warm water (not boiling). I fill up 2 cups of warm water and add until the dough just sticks together using a spatula.
  • Cover with kitchen towel and leave it to rise for 1 hour.
  • After 45 minutes, turn your oven on and set to 475 degrees. Put your dutch oven in while it preheats.
  • After 1 hour, flower your hands and sprinkle some flower on the risen dough. Fold the bread into itself 2-3x. Add flower as needed to handle.
  • Once the oven is preheated, add folded dough in dutch oven. Sprinkle a few shakes of salt on the top of the loaf (I like to use Kosher Salt for the top), put the lid on, the let it bake for 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, take the lid off and let the top brown for 5 more minutes.
  • Let cool then slice and serve!