Neapolitan Style Homemade Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lbs bread flour
1 (1/4 ounce) package fast rising yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
7 cups water

Preparation

Sprinkle yeast and sugar into 4 cups of warm water.
Pour 5 lbs of flour into a 12-14 quart pot.
When yeast bubbles up, add to flour with 3 additional cups of water, mixing in flour with a kneading motion.
If a little sticky, add additional flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
After completely kneaded into a dough, rub entire dough with 1-2 tablespoons olive oil.
Set in a warm place to rise, covered, for 2- 2 1/2 hours, until doubled in bulk.
After dough has risen, place on a floured surface and divide into four loaves.
If dough is sticky, sprinkle some flour on your hands.
Do not handle dough too much.
Shape dough into 4 round loaves and cover.
Let rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
Bake on either bread stones or cookie sheets that have been greased and sprinkled with cornmeal in a preheated 400\u00b0 oven till a golden brown, about 30-35 minutes.
The loaf should have a hollow sound when tapped on the bottom with your knuckles.