4 Ingredient Bread

2h 30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Add 3 and 1/4 cups of flour into the bowl.
  2. 2Add 2 teaspoons of yeast.
  3. 3Add one teaspoon of salt.
  4. 4Add 1 and 3/4 cups of hot water.
  5. 5Mix the ingredients together until a dough forms.
  6. 6Once mixed, get all the dough off the sides of the bowl.
  7. 7Cover the bowl with saran wrap.
  8. 8Place a towel over the saran wrap.
  9. 9Let the dough rise for two hours.
  10. 10Once your bread has been rising for an hour, set your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
  11. 11Put 2 inches of water in an oven-safe bowl on the bottom rack of the oven.
  12. 12After two hours, flour your surface.
  13. 13Check the dough to see if it has doubled in size.
  14. 14Get the dough out of the bowl.
  15. 15Flour the top of the dough.
  16. 16Hold the dough and fold it on to itself to form a round shape.
  17. 17Take a sharp knife and cut an X on top of the dough.
  18. 18Flour your pizza stone.
  19. 19Place the dough gently on the pizza stone inside the oven.
  20. 20Close the oven.
  21. 21Set the oven timer for 35 minutes.
  22. 22Once done, remove the bread from the oven.

Ingredients

  • 3.25 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.75 cups hot water

Equipment

bowlsaran wraptowelovenoven-safe bowlpizza stoneparchment paperdutch ovenknifeoven mittscutting board

Tips

  • If you are new to this, go with a cup and a half of water, it's easier to handle the dough. If you are feeling froggy, go for a cup and three-quarters; it makes the dough a little bit wetter and a little bit harder to handle, but better product.
  • Do not use too much salt because the bread gets dry, but do not use too little because unsalted bread tastes like shit.
  • No kneading; if you knead the bread, it's going to make it tough and gross and shitty, and then you might as well go waste your money at the store.
  • If you don't have a pizza stone, use a Dutch oven, put parchment paper in the bottom, and do the same thing, but the pizza stone tastes way better.

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