Country Bread Loaf


 


Prep: ~5 Hours
Cook ~35 Minutes
Yield: 1 loaf

Ingredients:

  • 550 grams of bread flour
  • 200 grams of whole wheat flour
  • 600 grams of water at ~100 degrees F
  • 15 grams of kosher salt
  • ~3 grams of active yeast

Instructions:
  1. Combine flour and water by hand in large mixing bowl and let rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Add the salt and yeast to the dough. Pinch, stretch, and fold the dough for 5 minutes.
  3. Cover the dough and rest on a pot holder or rag for 20 minutes.
  4. Pinch and fold the dough for another minute before covering back up and let rest for an hour.
  5. Pinch and fold the dough again for a minute, then cover and rest for another 2 hours.
  6. sprinkle flour onto clean work surface and turn the dough out onto it.
  7. Sprinkle the dough with flour and fold over 2 or 3 times before forming the loaf by cupping the bottom of the dough and pulling towards yourself.
  8. Place the loaf into a floured bowl or benetton. Cover and rest for one more hour.
  9. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees with a dutch oven inside.
  10. Turn the dough over into the dutch oven and return to the oven, covered for 25 minutes.
  11. Remove the lid and bake for an additional 5 or 10 minutes to darken the crust.