If you go back to "bread that doesn't suck", you will find the no knead bread recipe. I wasn't totally satisfied with how it turned out so I tried again. This time I made sure the dough was wet and sticky and fairly loose for a bread dough (if you are used to the kneading method. I also adjusted the temperature to 450 from 475 in the hopes of a lighter crust.
Basic recipe was 2.5 cups of bread flour plus .5 cups of semolina flour (aka pasta flour). One packet of active dry yeast, 1& 1/2 tsp salt and 1 & 1/3 cups of water. Mix all the dry ingredients in a big bowl and then mix in the water. You want the mix not tight like you were going to hand knead but a bit loose and pretty sticky. Cover the dough and let it rise in a cool dark place for 18 hours. When the 18 hours are up form the dough into a ball and place seam side down on a floured towel and cover. The the dough rise for about 2 hours and twords the end place a heavy pot (with lid) in the stove and preheat to 450 degrees.
Put the dough seam side down in the pot and cover. Bake for 1/2 hour then remove the cover and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
That's it, takes almost a whole day but involves less than 10 minutes work and it is so awesome.
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