Dutch Oven White Crusty Bread Recipe

Bread making is a kind of an art, I would say. There’s a certain kind of feeling of satisfaction you get when your work turns out a fantastic loaf of bread that everyone enjoys. Beautiful and wonderful tasting. Making this absolutely delicious and unique bread in a cast iron pot is fairly simple. A Dutch oven isn’t the first thing that comes to mind in bread making, but this piece of an “oven in a pot” is wonderfully versatile. It is a fantastic way to produce a stunning result of many dishes, including bread.

I love bread and simply cannot live without it. Anyone with me on that? Finding a great loaf of bread that the whole family loves is a great score. Imagine making it yourself? Homemade, oven fresh and delicious. I like this bread crusty on the outside, light, fluffy and kind of airy and chewy on the inside. This bread is hard to describe but absolutely scrumptious. I would say the texture and taste are somewhere between Costco’s long baguette and Torta bread. Fantastic for sandwiches or to be enjoyed by itself.

I begin making this bread the night before, giving it time to ferment and develop into that amazing goodness the family adores, and then baking it in the early afternoon so it has enough time cool for dinner. It goes great with just about anything. Or simply with a little butter and a cup of coffee, which seems to be the favorite way it is enjoyed at my house. It is also eaten plain just because it’s an incredible bread. Yum! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

5 cups (625 g) – all-purpose Organic flour

1 tbsp. (15 ml) – sea salt
2 cups (475 ml) – luke warm water
1 tbsp. (15 ml) – honey
1 tsp. (5 ml) – dry active yeast

Instructions:

Day 1.

1. Combine yeast, honey, and water.

2. Sift flour into the mixer bowl, add salt and pour in the yeast mixture. Using mixer’s dough hook attachment knead the dough for a couple of minutes until the liquid combines well with some flour. Then scrape down the sides and bottom of the mixer bowl with a silicone spatula to mix in all of the flour.

3. Continue kneading for 5 more minutes or until all the flour is incorporated. The dough will be very sticky (this is why a silicone spatula is a life saver). Cover the bowl with plastic food wrap, puncture 3 holes for the dough to breathe and let it sit on the countertop for 12 to 15 hours to rise.

Day 2.

1. Preheat oven to 450 F. (235 C). Use a silicone spatula to scrape down the dough off the sides and bottom of the bowl. Transfer the dough onto a well-floured working surface with the help of the spatula and shape it into a sphere.

2. Sprinkle some flour on the bottom of your cast iron (mine is a 5 quart). Transfer the dough into the pot. Cover the cast iron pot with the lid and bake it in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake the bread for an additional 15 minutes.

3. Remove the bread from the oven and turn the pot upside down to remove baked bread.

Cool competently before slicing. Enjoy!

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Dutch Oven White Crusty Bread Recipe

Prep Time

15 hrs 15 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

16 hrs

 

Course: Bread

Servings: 8 -10

Author: Valya at Valya's Taste of Home

Ingredients

• 5 cups 625 g - all-purpose organic flour
• 1 tbsp. 15 ml – sea salt
• 2 cups 475 ml – luke warm water
• 1 tbsp. 15 ml - honey
• 1 tsp. 5 ml – dry active yeast

Instructions

1. Day 1:
2. Combine yeast, honey, and water.
3. Sift flour into the mixer bowl, add salt and pour in the yeast mixture. Using mixer's dough hook attachment knead the dough for a couple of minutes until the liquid combines well with some flour. Then scrape down the sides and bottom of the mixer bowl with a silicone spatula to mix in all of the flour.
4. Continue kneading for 5 more minutes or until all the flour is incorporated. The dough will be very sticky (this is why a silicone spatula is a life saver). Cover the bowl with plastic food wrap, puncture 3 holes for the dough to breathe and let it sit on the countertop for 12 to 15 hours to rise.
5. Day 2:
6. Preheat oven to 450 F. (235 C). Use a silicone spatula to scrape down the dough off the sides and bottom of the bowl. Transfer the dough onto a well-floured working surface with the help of the spatula and shape it into a sphere.
7. Sprinkle some flour on the bottom of your cast iron (mine is a 5 quart). Transfer the dough into the pot. Cover the cast iron pot with the lid and bake it in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake the bread for an additional 15 minutes.
8. Remove the bread from the oven and turn the pot upside down to remove baked bread.
9. Cool competently before slicing. Enjoy!

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