
Homemade Bread
Struggle Meals - "Frankie & Flour"
20
Prep Time (minutes)
240
Cook Time (minutes)
Ingredients
Starter
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 yeast packet
Homemade Bread
- 1/2 yeast packet
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups flour
- 2 honey packets
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 2 cups ice cubes
Steps
Starter
- Stir together all of the starter ingredients in a bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let sit at room temperature for at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
Homemade Bread
- Stir the starter slightly.
- Add yeast, flour, honey, salt and water. Stir to combine, and let sit for a few minutes.
- Turn dough onto a floured work surface and begin kneading; add additional flour a little at a time as needed until a nice soft dough forms. (Total kneading time should be 10 to 12 minutes.)
- Place in a greased bowl, drizzle some oil over the top and cover with a dish towel. Allow to double in size, approximately 1 hour.
- Punch the dough down and allow to rise for another 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees and place a cast-iron skillet on the lowest rack in the oven.
- Allow the skillet to preheat for 30 minutes.
- Place the dough top side down on a very lightly floured surface. Sprinkle with flour and form into a ball.
- Place on a parchment-lined tray dusted with flour.
- Dust the dough with more flour, then make three slashes in the top of the bread.
- Place in the oven.
- Pour ice cubes into the cast-iron skillet and immediately close the oven.
- Turn oven down to 425 and bake bread for 30 to 35 minutes.