Rustic White Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3/4 teaspoon dry yeast
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon salt
Method
- Whisk together 2 cups flour, water, honey, and 3/4 teaspoon yeast for about 2 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix together 4 cups flour and 1 teaspoon yeast.
- Sprinkle dry mixture on top of sponge.
- Cover and allow to ferment for 4 hours at room temperature.
- Using stand mixer with dough hook attachment mix 5 minutes on low speed.
- Cover and let rest 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle in salt and knead on medium speed for 5 minutes.
- Cover and let rise until doubled (about 2 hours).
- On a floured surface, divide the dough into 2 and shape into loaves.
- Put dough on pans.
- Cover and let rise (1 1/2 to 2 hours).
- Preheat oven to 425°F 45 minutes before baking.
- Bake until medium brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped (about 45-50 minutes).
- Remove pans from oven.
- Immediately remove loaves from pans and let cool on a wire rack.
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