White Loaf Bread

Brace yourselves Georgians ... it's looks like we're about to take a dive into a deep freeze this weekend. 🥶  And per usual, as soon as the temperatures were predicted to dip into the low teens, the grocery stores were emptied of emergency provisions.  ie. bread, milk and beer. 🤣🥖🥛🍺  If you live in the South - you know exactly what I'm talking about. 😉❄️

Fear not Southerners - if the shelves in your store have been cleared of bread - I got you.😆 Is there any better way to spend this cold weekend than hunkered down in a warm kitchen with a giant loaf of fresh bread baking in the oven? 🍞  Comfort food on a cold day is absolutely essential.  And in my world, there's nothing more comforting than a freshly baked loaf of hearty white bread with a crispy crust and a chewy center.  Homemade white bread is pure perfection.  

White Loaf Bread
500 grams bread flour
400 grams water
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon yeast

Weigh out flour on a kitchen scale. 

Weigh water.

Combine flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl. 

Add water and combine with a rubber scraper. 

Cover with plastic wrap and let sit on counter 12-18 hours. 

Preheat dutch oven for 45 minutes at 450.  

Place liner or parchment in bottom of pan.  Scrape dough into pan and cover with lid.  

Bake 40-50 minutes at 450.  Uncover and bake another 10 minutes.  

When bread is this good - you really don't have to do anything fancy to it.  Enjoy it with butter or break it apart and dip it in some high quality olive oil.  Toast it and slather it with your favorite nut butter.  It's hearty enough to make amazing avocado toast or tuna melts too.  I'm pretty sure you don't need me to tell you how to eat your bread but for anyone interested - that is exactly how I'll be enjoying mine this weekend. 😅

Ciao!

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