Artisan Bread

Artisan Bread - 8 minutes Preparation Time

This recipe was highly recommended by Su, my dear Professor friend and I think it is a survival must-have recipe for bread lovers in times of crisis or MCO - StayHome period.

Ingredients
8 cups flour
4 cups luke warm water
2 tbspoon of yeast (dried)
2 tbspoon of salt

Method
1) Find a big tupperware high type and mix the yeast, salt and water together. Stir with spoon a little while. Dump in the flour and mix with spatula then with hands inside the tupperware. Scrap hands and cover the tupperware leaving it a little open. Leave for 3 hrs.

2) When u come back it will hv overflow sprinkle some flour over the top and punch down the dough. Pluck out a hand size dough and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow or next day.

3) Mould the handful with more flour in yr hands and put on parchment cookie sheet. Leave for 20-30 minutes. Heat up the oven to 200 degrees while waiting for the lump to enlarge. After 30 minutes take a knofe and score three lines lightly over it. It shiuld be bigger than before double in size.

4) Then put in the over with the parchment paper at the middle of the oven. Bake for 30 mins and its done.

https://redstaryeast.com/yeast-baking-lessons/baking-steps-guide/rising-ripe-test-first-rise/

https://www.ehow.com/info_12306190_happens-leave-bread-dough-rise-long.html

I make a quick and easy white artisan sandwich style bread -- no kneading! Here's the recipe: 13 oz. very warm water 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast (packages of dry yeast hold 2 1/4-2 1/2 teaspoons) 2 teaspoons oil (of choice) or can be omitted 3 1/2 cups white flour (preferably bread flour but all purpose flour works too) Mix water, yeast, salt and oil in bowl. Mix thoroughly until yeast and salt are dissolved. Let rest for 5 minutes to activate yeast. Add flour and mix until combined. Mix until flour is totally moistened from water. Cover and proof in a warm location for 1 1/2 hours or until approximately doubled in size. Begin preheating oven to 400 degrees Gently deflate the dough by moving it around the bowl and folding dough over on itself until it's deflated. Prepare baking pan with a spray of oil. "Roll" the dough into the pan. Settle it into the pan with a spatula/spoon (see video). Cover and allow to rise again until the dough fills the pan and it has risen to almost the top of the baking pan. (About 30 minutes.) Bake at 400 degrees F for approximately 40 minutes. Turn out onto cooling rack. Try to control your urge to cut into it for about 30 minutes, allowing the bread to cool down. Makes one loaf.