Awesome bread

Today I made this awesome 12.5 hr bread lol It was easy peasy lemon squeezy, though no lemons were actually hurt in this recipe. I found the recipe HERE You can make it too.

So, TONIGHT, before you go to bed...

In a LARGE bowl put 1 and 3/4 cups of WARM water and 1/4 teaspoon of dried yeast.

Give it a swish about.

Add 1 teaspoon salt and 4 LOOSE cups of regular plain flour. Do not pack the flour down or you will use too much, you do not need to use bread flour.

Add 1/2 teaspoon dried herbs, I used oregano. Don't be tempted to use more, dried herbs are strong.

Give it a really good mix up, and then cover the bowl tightly with clingfilm/saran wrap.

All this should have taken you less than 5 mins. Make sure you bowl is LARGE.

now go to bed.

Tick-tock-tick-tock

After 12 hrs, which will be sometime tomorrow when you wake up...

Tip the dough, which will have doubled in size, onto a lightly greased baking tray. use a spatula to ease the stringy dough from the bowl.

Do not mix it, do not knead it, just tip from the bowl.

Add some grated cheese, I used Gruyere and Parmesan, but you could just use Cheddar.

Bake 400F/Gas mark 6 for around 25 mins.

Voila!



This makes a flatish bread, for deeper slices bake in a regular loaf tin.

The outside is crispy/crunchy and the inside is fluffy and full of air pockets.



This is just totally yummy, and as long as you mix the night before you get a fresh loaf of bread in under half an hour.