Easy Bread

You will want a large container with a lid to store this in....

5-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
1Tablespoon kosher salt
1-1/2 Tablespoons granulated yeast
1/4 cup vital wheat gluten

Whisk all together.

Add 4 cups lukewarm water. Mix well.

Cover with lid and leave an opening for gases to escape. Leave at room temperature for two hours, then store in fridge.

When ready to bake, pull some dough off of the batch. This will be a free form artisan bread. Stretch top down and around to bottom and shape to desired shape. Place on parchment. Cover loosely with plastic wrap Nd let loaf rest on counter for 90 minutes.

Preheat oven to 450, making sure you have a pizza stone inside on middle rack. Place broiler pan below.

Brush top of loaf with water, sprinkle with seeds or herbs, etc. Make slashes across the loaf, about 1/4 inch deep. Can be diagonal slashes. Keeping loaf on parchment, slide onto stone.

Pour one cup of hot water in the broiler pan. Bake 30-35 minutes until nicely done. Will be a crusty bread.

Remove from oven, place on cooling rack. When cool, remove from parchment.