I did not create this bread recipe. I found in on youtube, and it is absolutely delicious!
Ingredients:
2 cups water
2 tsp. dry yeast
5 ½ cups bread flour
1 ½ tsp. salt
3 TBSP. soft butter
Directions:
Pour water in a glass bowl.
Add yeast and whisk until yeast is completely dissolved.
Pour all of the bread flour in with the water mixture at one time.
Pour salt on top of bread flour.
Mix all ingredients with rubber spatula.
Once ingredients are mixed, add soft butter and mix the dough until the butter disappears into the dough. (Mixing a buttery dough is much easier than kneading.)
If baking it right away, cover the dough (with a loose lid and then a towel on top), and rest it at room temperature for 2 hours.
If baking later, rest the dough in the refrigerator for 12-18 hours.
The dough should be soft, moist, and slightly sticky.
Dust the dough with flour.
Gently scrape the dough with a spatula without pressing (pulling from the wall of the bowl).
Sprinkle a little flour on a large cutting board and gently dump dough onto the flour.
Put flour on finger tips and open the dough gently with your hands.
Tri-fold the dough and then roll it.
If you don’t want cracks, seal the seams well.
Put parchment paper in an oval bowl/tray to bake. Place dough (seam side down) on the parchment paper.
Gently press the top of the bread.
Cover and rest for 30 minutes. (Over rested dough won’t rise and may collapse.)
For steam, place a bowl of boiling water on the bottom of the oven.
Bake at 410° for about 30 minutes. Bread will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
