Easy Homemade Spelt Bread

By Bailey1_

Ingredients

• 400 gr (2 + 2/3 cups) of spelt flour*
• 2 tsp of salt
• 1/4 tsp of dried instant yeast
• 300 ml (1 + 1/2 cup + 3 tbsp) of lukewarm water

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from evainthekitchen.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the flour, the salt and the yeast together in a big bowl
Add the water and stir briefly, just until it has mixed
Cover the bowl with plastic foil and leave it to rise slowly over 12-14 hours (I usually do this overnight)
After the dough has risen dramatically, and is all bubbly and sticky, flour your work surface
Pour/scrape it out of the bowl and with well flowered hands you shape the dough into a ball
Place this in a bowl and leave to rise for about an hour
Meanwhile preheat the oven to 250C/480F WITH the cast iron pot, including the lid, inside.
The pot needs to get just as hot as the oven before you put in the dough
After the hour of extra rise, place the dough inside the hot pot and cover it with the lid
Bake for 30 minutes at 250C/480F with the lid on
After 30 minutes, take the lid off and bake for another 15 minutes
Take the bread out of the oven en let it cool a bit
You can test if the bread is well baked by tapping on the bottom of the bread, if it sounds hollow, than it's done.