Dutch oven Bread returns

I thought that I would post some pics of the Dutch Oven Bread recipe that I discussed last week.

This first pic is the dough after it's risen, now this time I tried for a much shorter time, I only had the dough rising for about 9-10 hours, I think the difference was very little compared with my much longer  wait time of my first try.  The end results is just what you see a bowl for of sticky dough, easily over twice the size of the original amount.

Dough after rising.

Now you take out the dough onto a well floured surface, for this I always use the underside of my cutting board, so that I can clean it up much easier.  All you do is create your floured ball to prepare to drop into your dutch oven. A trick to getting the dough out of the bowl is to be sure to get plenty of flour on your hands , that way the only thing the dough is sticking to is your bowl, not your hands!

Prepped dough.

This next pic is the final product come fresh out of the oven in my little Grand Gourmet Dutch Oven.  Oh the smell was heavenly, but then again, I can't think of anything greater than baked goods to fill the house with a wonderful scent.  Now I did notice this second attempt did not yield quite as brown of a result as my first.  I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that I don't think I let my Dutch oven get quite warm enough during preheating, although it was warm enough to get tasty results, it's presentation wasn't quite the same.

Fresh from the oven.

And the finale, the end result.  Now this also shows a little trick I came across as well, my racks are somewhere packed away, so in a pinch, I flipped over a cupcake pan and rested my bread on it to cool.

Finished Product

And now you have an easy way to get bakery style bread at home with very little effort, just be sure to have a good bread knife handy, and if you are anything like our household, plenty of peanut butter!