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No Knead Bread - Nicole's Variation (w/ Instructions)

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Jim Lahey ( of Co ) is credited with popularizing "no knead bread" - in particular with this article in the NY Times . The following is Nicole's variation on the recipe, complete with some fairly helpful instructions (please to pay attention to the bit about OVEN MITTS!). Equipment Big bowl Big fork Plastic wrap or plate to cover big bowl Parchment paper Cast iron or enamel pot with lid Heavy oven mitts Ingredients 3 cups flour (1.5 cups all-purpose, 1.5 cups whole wheat) ¼ tsp yeast 2 tsp salt Ground pepper to taste 1 cup shredded pizza cheese (optional) 1-1/2 cups water Oil for the parchment paper and your hands     Instructions     Put all the ingredients except the water and oil in the big bowl and mix them up with the fork.  Get everything evenly distributed. Add the water, and mix with the fork until you have a ball of shaggy, lumpy dough. It should be moist enough that you don’t have crumbs of dry flour in the bottom of th...