Artisan Bread -Master Recipe

Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes
Master Recipe

This bread recipe is truly the easiest bread you will ever bake-even if you have never baked bread before! This "Master Recipe" is from the best selling cookbook The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

Master Dough Recipe Ingredients

3 cups (1 1/2 pounds) lukewarm water
1 tablespoon granulated yeast ( you can use any kind of yeast including: instant, “quick,” rapid rise, bread machine, active dry, or fresh cake yeast*.If you use cake yeast you will need 1.3 ounces (37g).
1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt
6 1/2 cups (2-pounds) unbleached, all purpose flour. Alternative: 5 1/2 cup all purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour

Equipment list:
5qt container w/lid -large bowl, soup pot, or other large container will work in a pinch
liquid measuring cup
1 and 1/2 cup dry measure cups
butter knife
1 tbs measuring spoon
dough whisk, or large spoon for mixing the dough

For Baking:
corn meal of dusting your peel or the back side of a baking pan
pizza peel or baking pan
baking stone to bake the bread on or a cast iron pan or similar if you do not own a baking stone

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