Dutch Oven Bread

Ingredients

4 cups of all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups warm water 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup 2 tsp coarse salt 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

Steps

1. Mix everything in a stand-top mixer with a dough hook until the dough is shaggy. Let it rest 5 minutes, then continue to knead for 5 minutes.
2. Cover and let rest for an hour
3. Preheat your oven to 400, with the dutch oven in it
4. Shape the dough into a loose ball and place on parchment paper
5. Score the top of the bread - this is a great place to add sigils or runes for whatever else you might be working wiht
6. Bake covered in the dutch oven for 45 minutes, or until it sounds hollow when tapped