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Recipe Rustic Country Bread (Bread)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup spring water
- 1/4 teaspoon bread machine yeast
- 1 3/4 cups bread flour
- 1 cup spring water
- 1/2 teaspoon bread machine yeast
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Preparing/Cooking:
- The day before making bread, place 3/4 cup spring water, 1/4 teaspoon bread machine yeast and 1 3/4 cup bread flour into pan of a bread machine.
- Select dough cycle and let knead for 5 minutes.
- Stop machine and let rise overnight.
- The next day, pour starter from bread machine pan into a non-metalic container.
- Reserve 1/3 cup for this recipe and freeze remainder for later use.
- In a large bowl, mix together 1/3 cup reserved starter, 1 cup spring water, 1/2 teaspoon yeast, 2 cups bread flour, whole wheat flour and salt.
- Select Dough Cycle; press Start.
- After 10 minutes, remove dough from machine and place in a lightly oiled bowl.
- Cover with a damp towel and let rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
- Deflate dough and let rise again until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a round loaf.
- Place loaf on a baking sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
- Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Spray loaf with water and place in preheated oven.
- Spray loaf again every two minutes during the first 10 minutes of baking.
- Bake for 40 minutes, until bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
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