1 1/2 cups water
3 cups white flour
1/4 teaspoon yeast
2 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. mix all ingredients in bowl until mixed well ( no mixer needed, just do it by hand)
2. cover mixture with foil or wax paper and let sit 8-12 hours
3. put mixture on floured surface. pull sides out about 1 foot in length and triple fold, turn mixture and pull 2 other sides. Fold into thirds again.
4. Place mixture into greased pie or loaf dish folding under edges to create shape.
5. Cover mixture again and let sit 2 more hours.
baking:
1. make sure you have 2 racks in your oven, one on the bottom, one in the middle.
1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees
2. Place a small pan on the bottom rack with a hand full of ice cubes in it.
3. Place bread on top rack and let bake for 10 minutes
4. Lower heat to 450 then bake for 10 more min.
5. Flip bread out of pan onto oven racks and bake an additional 10 minutes on 350 degrees.
6. Cool and enjoy