No Knead Bread

Description:
I have posted a version of No Knead Bread before but am getting more into the process of making really good bread with this method. This step makes it so much easier and you will really be surprised with the results. I use a Dutch oven in this method so that the bread actually steams itself in the first step, then the cover is removed for the browning. If you want, you could use a pie plate, set a pan of water on the lower rack when preheating, bake for 10 minutes , lower heat to 425, Remove the water, bake for 10 minutes, remove bread from pan and place bread directly on the oven rack, and bake for ten more minutes at 350 or longer until you get the desired brownness.

Ingredients:
3 cups of flour, bread or all purpose
1 ½ tsp of salt
¼ tsp of instant yeast
1 ½ cups of spring water

Directions:
Mix the dry ingredients.
Add the wet ingredients and stir to combine.
Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 18 hours.

Lightly flour a work surface and scrape dough from bowl onto the floured surface. Flour hands and then gently shape dough into a rectangle shape flattening. Then fold dough one way into thirds, then the other way 3 times. Almost rolling.

Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes.

Either flour a towel or a rising bowl with either flour, cornmeal or wheat germ for the final rise.
Flour hands again and gently pick up the dough and gently shape into a round When the dough is picked up invert it so that the seam side is down. Place the dough onto the floured towel or into the bowl seam side down and then cover with a towel. Allow for final rise of 1 ½ to 2 hours. During this time preheat the oven and a cast iron Dutch oven with a lid to 500 degrees.

Invert the dough gently into the pre heated Dutch oven pan and cover. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid, lower the heat to 450* and bake an additional 15 minutes.

After removing the bread from the oven, remove from pan. Allow the bread to cool for a bit on a wire rack before cutting.

Enjoy, IC

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Chicken Parm Dinner

It was requested yesterday that I make my Chicken Parmesan for dinner. I went to town making homemade pasta, bread, the Chicken Parmesan and also made up a no yeast pizza dough just to show inquiring minds what it looks like.

Enjoy, IC