No Need to Knead Bread

Recipe from Laurel, who brought it back with her from New Zealand

6 cups flour

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon yeast

3 ¼ cups water

Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Stir in yeast. Add water and stir until dough forms. Cover the bowl and let the dough sit for 12 – 18 hours.

Preheat an oven to 425F. Before baking the dough, place a dutch oven inside the oven for 30 minutes. Fold the dough over itself a couple times before coating it well with flour. Put the dough into the dutch oven and bake for 30 minutes with the lid on and then 15 minutes with the lid off.