3 cups unbleached white flour
1 3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 tsp yeast (I used the jar of quick rise yeast)
1 1/2 cup of warm water
Whisk together the flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl that it will sit in for 12-18 hours.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the water.
Slowly stir in the flour little by little until it is mixed.
It will be a sticky mess.
Now just leave it alone, cover it with plastic wrap and place on your counter top for 12-18 hours or longer until you can use it.
Put the dough on a well floured surface. With floured hands or even olive oil on your hands and pat the dough into a ball and cover with plastic wrap to rest and let rise for 2 hours. Pre heat your oven to 450 degrees with the pan pre heating in the oven also for 30 minutes.
Bake for 30 minutes with a LID ON
Now take the lid off and bake for another 10-15 minutes. I baked my bread for 15 minutes with the lid off and I think it was too dark. Next time I will only cook for 10 minutes. After it sat on the counter and cooled the outside did soften a little bit and wasn't so hard.
recipe from www.auntbsfavorites.blogspot.com