Easy Dutch Oven Sourdough

Steps

1. 1In a bowl, combine water, starter and salt. Mix. Then add the flour and mix together just barely until there are no dry spots in the dough. (Don’t knead it)
2. 2Cover dough with a lid, and let dough sit at room temperature for 8-12 hours or overnight.
3. 3Preheat a Dutch oven inside your oven at 450 degrees for 30-60 minutes. (I recommend putting a pizza stone or baking sheet under the Dutch oven so the bottom of the bread doesn’t get too crusty & overcooked)
4. 4Right after you preheat the oven, dump dough out onto a clean, and lightly floured surface. Tuck, stretch, or roll the dough into a smooth ball. Pushing and pulling the dough in a circular motion helps it get into shape. (As shown in video).
5. 5Transfer dough ball to a piece of parchment paper, and cover with the upside-down bowl used to make the dough.
6. 6Let it rest one hour.
7. 7Remove bowl covering and lightly dust dough with flour. Using a sharp blade or knife, score the dough so the steam has somewhere to escape. Scoring also helps give the dough a direction to rise.
8. 8Transfer parchment of dough into a hot Dutch oven. Cover with lid and put in oven.
9. 9Reduce heat to 400℉ and bake, covered for 40 minutes. Remove lid and let the crust golden for 3-5 more minutes.
10. 10Remove bread from oven and put it on a cooling rack. Let it cool for one hour before slicing into it. (Slicing into it while it’s warm makes the bread gummy)