3 cups bread flour
1 ¼ teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
1 1/3 cups water (cool, 55 to 65 degrees)
Combine the flour, salt and yeast in a medium bowl. Add in the water and stir to mix. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and set the bowl at room temperature for about 12-18 hours. Remove the dough from the bowl, shape it into a round by tucking the edges of the dough into a seam, cover the dough in a floured tea towel and let rise again in a warm place for two hours. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Put a heavy pot with a lid (like a Le Creuset casserole or a Dutch oven) in the oven to heat. Carefully remove the hot pot from the oven and invert the dough into the pot, seam-side up.
Cover the pot and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and continue to bake an additional 15 minutes or until the crust is a deep brown color. Cool the bread before slicing into it.
Makes 1 10-inch round.
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