[Rach05]

Starter
3/4 Cup all-purpose flour
3/4 Cup luke-warm water

Bread
1 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
2 tea salt

1. To prepare the starter, in a glass bowl, combine the flour and water; sprinkle with the yeast. Cover and let stand at room temp for 2 days. the starter should be bubbling and have a grapefruit-like odor.

2. To prepare the bread, in a food processor, combine flour and salt. With the machine running, scrape the starter through the feed tube until the dough just forms a ball. Knead the dough by pulsing until it is smooth and no longer sticky, about 30 times. (I mixed all this with a spoon, I dont have a food processor)

3. Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray; place the dough in the bowl. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let the dough rise in a warm, draft-free place until it doubles in volume, about 1 hour.

4. punch down the dough; lightly sprinkle a work surface with flour. Turn out the dough; form into a 6 inch round loaf. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray. Place loaf on the baking sheet; cover loosely and let it rise in a warm, draft-free place until it doubles in size. About 1 hour.

5. Preheat oven to 400 place a pan of boiling water on the lowest rack. Dust top of bread with flour (1tea). with sharp knife slit the top of the bread. Bake about 20 min and reduce oven temp to 350 and bake another 20-30 min. remove from pan and cool completely on a rack.

1/12 of loaf is 1 point