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1. mothergirth  •  Dec 3, 2008 @10:44 am
   

   French Boule (Really yummy, cheap bread)

   3 c water @ 100 degrees
   1 1/2 tbs fresh yeast
   6 1/2 c unbleached flour
   1 tbs salt

   Add yeast to water, add salt, add flour. Using a stand mixer with dough hook or by hand, mix until just incorporated. Cover loosely and put in fridge for three hours. Pull off a grapefruit size chunk and form ball without kneading and place on a cornmeal dusted cookie sheet. Let sit for twenty minutes while oven preheats to 450 degrees. Dust top of loaf with a generous amount of flour. Make three slashes across top with a serated knife to allow for expanding in the oven. If you have a baking stone, use it! Transfer loaf to hot stone and bake for 30 minutes.

   This bread dough will keep in the fridge for two weeks. It gets better each day. Just pull off what you need and bake it daily. It costs about 50 cents a loaf (1 pound). It is very forgiving.

   TRY IT!

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