Description
This really is an easy, fun, and fast recipe, and you’ll be amazed at how great the results are, even for the most inexperienced bread maker.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour, divided
- ½ cup warm water (100 degrees F or 38 degrees C)
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
- 1 ½ teaspoons fine salt
- all-purpose flour for dusting
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
Instructions
- Stir together yeast
- 1/2 cup flour and warm water in a large bowl. Cover and let sit in a warm spot for about 30 minutes.
- Stir beer
- remaining flour and salt into the bowl. Mix until all the flour is incorporated and forms a thick sticky dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 2 hours
- until doubled in size.
- Scrape all the dough from the bowl with a rubber spatula
- and place on a well-floured surface. Generously flour the top of the dough and form into a loaf shape.
- Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal. Transfer loaf to the baking sheet and sprinkle the top with flour. Cover loosely with a towel and let rise for 30-40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Place a small loaf pan of warm water on a lower rack to humidify the oven.
- Slash a long slit in the top of the loaf with a sharp knife or razor. Place the baking sheet on the rack above the pan of warm water in the oven. Bake for 35 minutes
- until the loaf is golden brown.
- Transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before slicing and serving.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 55 mins
Servings: 15