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BREAD - Crusty Bread
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| Easy Crusty Bread DMN 10/19/11 Ingredients. | |
| 1 1/2 cups | slightly warm water |
| 1/4 cup | whole-wheat flour |
| 1 teaspoon | sugar |
| 2 teaspoons | instant yeast |
| 3 cups | bread flour,, (divided use) |
| 2 teaspoons | salt |
| Cornstarch, for dusting | |
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the water, whole-wheat flour, sugar, yeast and 1 cup bread flour. Stir until smooth. Let stand until doubled in size and bubbly, about 60 minutes.
Add the rest of the flour and the salt and knead in the bowl until smooth. The dough will be very sticky. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes. Fold the dough over on itself. Repeat the rest-and-fold process 5 more times. The dough should become very elastic and stretchy with big bubbles of air.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then dust it with cornstarch.
Using floured hands, place the dough on the prepared baking sheet. Allow to rest for 15 minutes. Spritz the loaf with water, then bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped. Transfer to a rack to cool.
Makes 8 servings.
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