Baking Bread in a Dutch Oven

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Bread in a dutch oven is easier than you'd think! With a few ingredients together right in your pot you'll have homemade bread in no time.

Prep Time20

Cook Time45

Course: Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread, dutch oven, white bread

Servings:

Author: Justine

In your dutch oven, add 1/4 c. warm water, sugar and yeast. Stir and let sit for 10 minutes or until yeast becomes frothy.
While you're waiting for this to occur warm your milk on the stovetop in a pot. Once yeast is frothy pour this warm milk into your dutch oven with your cup of warm water.
Add vegetable oil and salt into dutch oven too and stir together.
Add 2 cups of your flour and mix together. Then add in remaining flour one cup at a time until it sticks together in a ball.
Remove dough, place on lightly floured surface and knead together 10-12 times. Let it sit undisturbed for 10 minutes.
Then knead again for 5 minutes or until it is smooth and elastic. Dough should bounce back when pressed with your fingers at this point..
Pour a small amount of oil into dutch oven. Rub top of dough into oil to grease inside of oven. Then place ito center and cover with your lid.
Let this dough rest for 60-90 minutes so the dough has doubled in size.
Lift lid, punch in center and form into a ball again. Set in center and cover again for second rise for 30 minutes.
Now heat your oven to 425 degrees.
After 30 minute rise put dutch oven into oven with lid on for 15 minutes.
Then lower heat to 375 degrees and bake for 30 more minutes.
Remove from oven, allow to cool completely on cooling rack before slicing.