A Basic Loaf Of Bread

Ingredients  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1 ⅛ cups water

Steps 

  1. Heat water in microwave for 30 seconds. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
  2. Mix everything together. Add a little more flour if dough sticks to the bowl or your fingers.
  3. Knead dough for 5 minutes with stand mixer dough hook attachment. Pull dough from bowl, reform ball, put back in and knead 5 more minutes.
  4. Cover and let rise at room temperature until doubled in size – about 90 minutes.
  5. Punch down, re-cover and let dough rise for another 90 minutes.
  6. Shape dough into a loaf shape and put on a piece of parchment paper; let rise for another hour or so.
  7. Bake loaf on preheated stones in oven (I used the grill) at 375˚F for 40-45 minutes..