75% hydration bread-flour dough was kneaded 30 minutes in bread machine. Then it was removed from the bread machine, and stretched and folded several times. It then rose under a covered bowl at least to double. Thereupon it was again stretched and folded, and left covered to rise again to ~ double its original volume. It was baked baked 20 minutes on a 500 degr. F. compound stone, and 10 more minutes on a high shelf at 450 degr. In dough handling, flour was sprinkled on from a shaker to avoid sticking. Risen loaf was sprinkled with zarthar. The stone in this case is on the oven bottom where it is warmed directly by the gas flame beneath.

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The loaf photo is with a Canon A10 (1.3 Mega Pixels). The slice is done with an old Acer scanner, 300 pixels per inch.