Baking Bread In A Dutch Oven

Baking bread is a job that is considered a labor of love in my book. I love to make various types of bread and breads that are baked in a dutch oven come out with a soft crumb and a crisp crust that crackles when you take it out of the oven. For this particular photo tutorial I used a basic recipe that consists of flour, salt, water and yeast. I added 6 cloves of garlic sliced and a large sprig of rosemary chopped.

I'll show you some different bread recipes from beginning to end in the near future, so keep a look out for them soon.

Take your dutch oven and place on the bottom rack and preheat for about 20 mins. On a piece of parchment paper, punch down and round out your dough after the initial rise. Cover with a cloth and allow to rest for half and hour.

When the dutch oven in heated place the dough parchment paper and all into the dutch oven, cover immediately and place into the oven and bake covered for 15 mins.

Remove the lid and lower the temperature of the oven to 450 degrees and bake for 15 mins longer.

When finished remove from dutch oven immediately and place on a cooling rack. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour.

Here it is, a loaf that has a crispy exterior and a soft crumb. Hope you try it soon!