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It's extremely simple and very cost effective.....Most of all aromatic and delicious...

Simple ingredients...3 cups flour, teaspoon salt, 1/2 or 1/4 tsp instant yeast, 1 1/2 to 2 cups water...just stir together and it needs to be tacky/ sticky like wet mudpies....cover in bowl...let sit on counter 12 to 18 hours.....then drop onto parchment paper and fold into oval shape adding a tad of flour...pre-heat oven a good 30 minutes at 450...I use a simple cheap Lodge cast iron dutch oven with lid/ 5 qt. size....preheat that too til it is screaming hot.... Next, plop in the bread dough with the parchment paper cover with lid ...bake 30-35 minute, then remove lid say 5 minutes to brown top....DONE! You get crusty, artisanal bread.

There are other recipes similar but faster and uses more yeast...YouTube has good ones ...