Spicy Fennel Bread
Baked in a Dutch oven with red pepper flakes, onion, garlic, and fennel seeds, this easy bread loaf is bursting with flavor.
Combine water yeast and sugar in a measuring cup.
Mix well.
Combine flour fennel seeds salt red pepper flakes onion and garlic in a large bowl.
Mix well until combined and any flour clumps are broken up.
Slowly pour in the yeast-water mixture and stir into the flour.
Knead the bread by hand until dough is well combined and you have an even consistency.
Transfer to an oiled bowl cover with plastic wrap and let rest on the countertop 10 to 14 hours.
Remove dough onto the counter and knead once more.
Let rise 30 minutes to 1 hour.