Here is a link to the recipe I was following: adailysomething.com
I really loved how simple this recipe was to make. I made the dough around 8AM, and I left it in the oven with the light on (not actually turned on) for about 8 hours to rise. Then I folded the dough a little, and let it set again for 15 minutes. I took it out and placed it in a towel with flour and let it use in the oven for another 2 hours. The recipe said between 1-2 hours, but with such a short rise time during the day (8 hours is short- 18 is preferred) I could see where I needed the extra hour. The recipe said to generously coat the towel and dough with flour, well, I found out there is a limit to how much is too much. When I baked the bread I also put a little olive oil in my dutch oven to prevent any weird sticking from the dough. This caused the excess flour to bake and harden creating a tough bottom crust. I've been keeping a journal of my baking so I can avoid making the same mistake twice. I recommend dusting off the flour from the dough before baking, you want the flour to keep it from sticking but not enough where it's piled on top. Also, do not do the oil like I did. I saw online that it's more common to line the bottom with parchment paper. This helps with sticking and removing the loaf later.
Another note: my dutch oven is extremely heavy. When I placed it in the oven to bake I felt like it was bending my oven rack. Does anyone else have this problem? Am I suppose to buy something special to put in my oven for baking? Help, I don't want to ruin my oven.
Other than those notes, this recipe was easy to follow and worked really well. We have been toasting it lightly with some homemade garlic infused olive oil. It's absolutely perfect. I plan I trying this again, but making the dough the night before and allowing it to proof for 18 hours. It's been 24 hours and half of it is goooooneee.
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