Eric's Cast Iron Bread

Starter

½ teaspoon yeast

½ cup warm water

¾ cup flour

In a small bowl add yeast to water and stir till dissolved. Let stand for a couple minutes. Stir in flour till fully mixed, cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand for five minutes. Place in refrigerator overnight.

Remove starter from refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature.

Bread

1 cup warm water

1 teaspoon yeast (rest of yeast package)

2 cups flour

1 heaping teaspoon salt

In a large bowl add yeast to water and stir till dissolved. Let stand for a couple minutes. Stir in the starter and mix till dissolved, forming a smooth slurry, let stand for a few minutes. Add flour and salt and mix till fully incorporated and a sticky dough forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand for two hours or till dough doubles in size. Scoop dough out onto a floured surface and knead into a smooth ball. Place ball in an eight inch oiled cast iron frying pan. let dough rise for two hours or till dough doubles in size. filling the pan and forming a dome.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place pan with dough into oven and bake for thirty minutes. Remove from oven, pop dough out of pan and let cool to room temperature before eating.