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In a bowl or container, stir salt and yeast into water until dissolved.
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Stir in flour until uniformly moist.
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Let dough rise loosely covered, until it collapses, (about 2 hours).
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Rrfrigerate at least 3 hours, or preferably overnight (this allows the dough to develop flavor).
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Remove from refrigerator.
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Sprinkle dough with flour.
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Cut off a grapefruit-size piece about 1 lb.
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Gently stretch the sides of the dough around to the bottom, to form a ball that's smooth on top.
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place a sheet of floured parchment paper onto a pizza pan or upside-down cookie sheet.
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Sprinkle dough with flour and rest on top of parchment until almost doubled in size (up to about an hour).
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Prepare the oven, place a baking stone on middle rack, and an empty broiler pan on bottom rack (If you don't have a stone, double a cookie sheet and place it in the oven) Turn oven on to 450F
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When oven reaches temperature, dust the loaf and use a knife to score a cross or lines across the top, abupt 1/4-inch deep.
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Slide the loaf, still on the parchmnt directly onto the baking stone.
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The parchemnt paper will slip right off after baking.
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Pour 1 cup of hot water into broiling pan beneath .
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Bake 20 minutes or until a deep brown.
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Cool completely on a rack before cutting.
