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Prep Time: 24 hours Servings: 6-8Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tsp active yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1/2 cup Farmer Cheese
- assorted seeds - pumpkin seeds, white and black sesame seeds
Directions
- In a large mixing bow, mix together pumpkin puree, water, salt, yeast and honey in a large mixing bowl.
- Add 1 cup flour and throughly combine. repeat with 2 remaining cups of flour. Fold in farmer cheese.
- Reach into the bowl and mix well with your hands. Kneed dough until smooth and elastic.
- In a bowl, add the ball of dough cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 12-18 hours, until the dough has more than doubled and there are bubbles on the surface.
- Stretch out the ball to about 3 times the height of the dough and fold it over. repeat two more times, alternating sides. Form the bowl into a ball.
- Place the dough ball into a well floured bowl. Cover the bowl with a tea town and let rise until 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and place your dutch oven in while it preheats.
- Place a parchment paper on the bottom of your dutch oven. and in a quick motion, place your dough in the dutch oven. moisten hands with water and lightly rub the dough.
- Scatter the seeds over the breads surface. Score the bread with a sharp knife.
- Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the lid and then back for another 20-25 minutes.
