French-Style Country Bread

Ingredients

• Starter
• 1 cup (227g) cool to lukewarm water (90°F to 100°F)
• 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast or instant yeast
• 1 1/4 cups (150g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour
• 1/4 cup (28g) King Arthur Whole Wheat Flour
• all of the starter (above)
• 1 cup (227g) lukewarm water (100°F to 115°F)
• 3/4 teaspoon active dry yeast or 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon (14g) granulated sugar
• 3 3/4 to 4 cups (450g to 480g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour
• 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 teaspoons table salt, to taste
• semolina or yellow cornmeal, for dusting the pan