How to Make Homemade Bread

This is a very simple recipe for bread. I learned this recipe about a year ago, and I completely stopped buying bread since then. It's ridiculously easy to make, and the texture, taste, and smell is amazing.
BREAD
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp yeast*
1 1/2 cups water
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*yeast: I used bread machine yeast in this video. If you use fresh yeast, use 7 grams, or about a teaspoon, and dissolve it in the water before you add the water to the flour. If you use regular yeast, dissolve it first, too. It helps if the water is lukewarm.
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Mix together the dry ingredients. Add water, slosh around. Mix into a fairly uniform ball. Cover and let rise for 3-5 hours. (if you want, you can put it in a WARMED oven - BUT TURN THE OVEN OFF - with pots of boiling water in the oven. This way, the yeast has the perfect environment to grow.) Once risen, turn out on to a floured surface. Roll into ball shape. Preheat a heat resistant pot with a cover at 450. Put the bread dough in the hot pot. Put it in the oven at 450 for 30 mins, then remove the cover. Finally, bake for 20 more minutes in the 450 oven. Cool on cooling rack. Enjoy hot with butter and jam.

Variations:
roll in cracked wheat, flax seeds, poppy, sesame seeds. Add in with the dry ingredients: herbs, olives, nuts, raisins, dried tomatoes, cheese. Substitute 1/4 cup of water with molasses. Double the recipe, half the recipe. Listen to Rush instead of King Crimson while making the bread.

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[gsestewart123]

It sounded like you was eating toast instead of bread

[mvonbon]

I tried to make this bread and it didn't turn out like I had hoped. The crust was great and I love the technique of using my french oven. However, the texture of the bread inside tasted more like a dense, damp sponge. It had a pretty unappetizing texture inside. Did I do something wrong? Do you use bread flour or just all purpose white flour?

[timo101ful1]

i thought it was going to be easy,but it was painful to sit through the whole video clip,but i did and did not remember a frikkin thing,also try to shut down the background muzac there hommy!!!!!

[totally0511]

I keep laughing as i watched this video lol

[Cjpmatt]

Thank u bald man btw im also part of the bald army

[jtropeano]

Awesome tunes in the background of this video. Vai, King Crimson. Nice!

[girl112791]

@riboflavinjoe Thank you for the reply. I hadn't tried to make bread since I posted this. It didn't come out so well. But I'll try again with this helpful comment.

[silentsky319]

Nice, you made that in the microwave!

[plasticbeach915]

I really love this recipe! I have used it a couple of times to great success. I have three loaves rising in the oven as I write this! The only issue I am having is that the bread is a bit hard on the bottom. It isn't too big of a deal, but makes cutting it a little more challenging than I would like, especially if I want to give a loaf away to someone who likely doesn't have a decent bread knife. Any suggestions?

[strokesfan1107]

I wanna give you a high five and watch a puff of flower explode off our hands as we do so