Crusty Rustic Bread - MI Coop Kitchen

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon instant or Rapid-rise yeast
• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast.
• Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12-18 hours (overnight works great).
• Heat oven to 450 degrees
• When oven reaches 450 degrees place a very lightly oiled cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest while the pot is heating.
• Remove hot pot from oven and drop in the dough.
• Cover and return to the oven for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 10 minutes.
• Remove the bread from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.
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