Rustic French Bread

Dutch oven bread recipe you can easily make in the comfort of your home!

Servings: 1 loaf

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Prep Time
3 hours, 30 minutes

Cook Time
40 minutes

Side Dish

French

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Instructions

1 Combine yeast, warm water and sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer. Let sit for
about 5 minutes for yeast activation.
2 Add half of the flour and salt to the yeast mixture. Fit your mixer with dough
hook and begin to knead over medium-low speed. Add remaining flour and continue
to knead until dough just comes together. Dough will be sticky at this point.
3 Transfer dough to a lightly floured bowl and cover with a clean towel. Let dough
rise for 2 hours. Transfer dough to a generously floured piece of parchment
paper or cutting board and gently form dough into a smooth ball. Sprinkle top of
dough with more flour, then cover with a large bowl (like a dome) and let rise
for another 30 minutes.
4 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place dutch oven with lid into the oven to preheat
for 20 minutes prior to baking bread. * If you don’t have a dutch oven, use a
baking sheet but don't preheat the sheet.
5 Score top of bread with a very sharp knife. Very carefully transfer dough with
parchment paper (or by itself if not using parchment paper) to the hot dutch
oven. Bake bread for 30 minutes with the lid on, then carefully remove lid and
bake for another 10 minutes until top is nice and golden. *If using a baking
sheet, bake for 35 minutes. Internal temperature of bread should be about 210
degrees.
6 Remove bread from oven and carefully transfer to a cooling rack. Once cooled,
slice and serve! Store bread in a storage bag or container on the counter for up
to 3-5 days.