Mix the dry ingredients

• Combine the flour, instant dry yeast, salt and sugar in a bowl.

Add the warm water

• Pour in the warm water at 110–115 °F.
• Mix until just combined; a few lumps are fine and the dough should look slightly stretchy.

First rise

• Cover the bowl with a cheesecloth and let rise at room temperature, or use a proofer at 90 °F.
• The dough should roughly double in size.

Shape the dough

• Bring the edges of the dough into the middle and add a little oil.
• Fold the dough into itself.
• Grease and flour a bread tin and place the dough in it.

Second rise

• Let the dough rise until it is level with the rim of the tin.

Bake

• Bake at 375 °F for around 40 minutes.

Cool and slice

• Carefully take the bread out of the tin.
• Let it cool completely on a rack before cutting into it.