Ingredients:

3 cups flour
½ tsp yeast
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
1½ cups water ( room temperature)

Directions:

• Mix ingredients together.
• Cover and let sit out overnight 12 -18 hours to rise.
• Fold dough into a ball.
• Let rise 30-45 min.
• Meanwhile heat Dutch oven with lid on in oven at 450°.
• Score dough and dust with flour.
• Set dough on parchment paper and place into hot Dutch oven.
• Bake with lid on for 30 minutes.
• Bake an additional 5-10 min. with lid off until bread is brown.

Notes:

• If you want to bake the bread on the same day, just use a little more than warm water instead (but not hot) and let rise until double in size. 
• For sourdough bread, I substitute ¼ cup starter for part of the water and reduce the yeast to ¼ tsp.
• Add a bit more salt, if desired. This is a low-sodium recipe.

– Submitted by Janet Hill