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Easiest Italian Bread Ever! No Mixer – No Dutch Oven

The easiest bread ever! Comes together (baking and all) in under 2 hours and requires basics you probably already on hand. It’s just so perfect, rustic, crunchy and makes for a phenomenal base for a poolside sangueeechhh this summer! Recipe Below!

RECIPE:
3 1/2 cups of All Purpose Flour
2 tsp of Sugar
2 tsp of Instant Yeast
2 Tsp of Salt
1 2/3 cups of Warm Water

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the dough, it will be a tad sticky but as long as all the flour is incorporated you’re golden! Cover and allow to rise for about an hour and a half somewhere warm (I pop it in the oven with the light on DON’T TURN TE OVEN ON though!)

About an hour in, take the dough out of your oven (if thats where you’re storing it to rise) leave it on the counterforce the last half an hour and preheat your oven to 475 degrees, you want it well preheated when you go to bake the bread. On a well floured surface (don’t be shy, the dough is slightly sticky) scoop out your dough onto it, flour the top a bit so its not sticky then divide into 2 equal pieces, kind of roll and stretch each half into a 12” log, give each one a few twists and place them on a lightly floured parchment lined baking sheet. Cut a few slits down the whole length of the loaves and pop them in the oven. When you pop them in immediately lower the temp to 450 and bake for 24 minutes (or until deeply browned). Enjoy! They are sensational!

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