French Peasant Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast (rapid rise)
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 cups flour
• olive oil
• cornmeal
• melted butter

Recipe

• 1 dissolve yeast, sugar and salt in water.
• 2 add flour and stir with a wooden spoon until blended. do not knead -- it will be lumpy.
• 3 cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hours
• 4 oil a cookie sheet with olive oil.
• 5 oil hands and remove dough from bowl and divide into 2 rounds and place on cookie sheet.
• 6 sprinkle dough with cornmeal(optional).
• 7 let rise 1 hour.
• 8 preheat oven to 425 degrees and brush dough with melted butter.
• 9 bake for 10 min then reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake an additional 15 minutes.
• 10 when finished baking, brush again with melted butter.