Homemade Baked Bread

There's something truly special about the process of crafting your own loaf, transforming humble ingredients into a masterpiece that transcends the ordinary. Join us on a journey where flour, water, yeast, and a pinch of love come together to create not just a loaf of bread but a symphony of flavors, textures, and memories.

Ingredients

1 cup warm water

1 tbsp active dry yeast

1 Tbsp honey

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp kosher salt

1 tbsp olive oil

1 stick butter

cooking spray-parchment paper

Instructions

1. In a glass bowl add warm water, yeast and honey and let activate -foamy 5 min

2. In a large glass bowl add dry ingredients and whisk to combine

3. Add wet mixture and olive oil combine with wood spoon until sticky

4. Roll out on lightly floured surface and knead until soft and elastic 10 min and do  not short cut this process of kneading

5. Let rise for 1 hour

6. Knead again into a ball and place inside inner pot lined bottom with parchment  paper 2 inches up the side of inner pot and spray paper with cooking spray.

7. Place another piece of parchment paper on top of inner pot over edges and place lid so paper is secure and will absorb excess moisture

8. Add heated stone tablet preheated for 30 min on high to Rockpot and place inner pot covered and let cook for 2 hours-turn loaf over after 1 hour of cooking to brown both sides

Remove carefully, its hot!  Let cool on rack on counter then slice and  serve with butter. 

Serves 4-6 Enjoy

Heating the RockTablet on stovetop:

Place RockTablet on the largest burner. Place inner pot on top of the RockTablet.
Turn the heat on high. Heat the RockTablet for 30 minutes with inner pot sitting on the stone. After 30 minutes, turn off heat, remove inner pot from stone.
Place HOT RockTablet in the bottom of the RockPot. Put the inner cooking pot (full of hot food) in the RockPot on the hot stone. Close the RockPot and latch the lid.