Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

I whipped up a batch of Artisan Bread dough the other day. I have never made it before. I made my first loaf last night and it was so easy. I wish I had been doing this a long time ago. It really does only take about 5 minutes. If you aren't aware of Artisan 5 minutes a Day Bread Mother Earth wrote a great article about it here.

With this Artisan bread you can mix up a large batch of dough, let it sit for 2 hours, pull off a chunk and shape it into a loaf and bake it. There is no kneading required. Then just refrigerate the remaining dough for up to 2 weeks. Whenever you are hungry for a fresh loaf of homemade bread pull off another chunk of dough, let it rise and bake. It's that easy.

Here is the dough in the container I keep it in.The loaf as it is rising.The finished bread. Ummmm.Here is the basic recipe. This makes (4) 1 pound loaves.
3 Cups water
1 1/2 Tablespoons yeast
1 1/2 Tablespoons salt
6 1/2 Cups flour

You can read more about how to make the bread here. Or check the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes blog which has lots of awesome recipes.

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