Which brings me into this conversation. I started out with high expectations that, here finally, was an easy bread recipe. Easy? I might be able to do this. So I went to the site and started reading. Ingredients: check. Instructions: check......well....until I got to step number 5. I just knew it! I just knew there would b e a hitch some place. The problem is: I DON’T COOK! I thought that was the reason they invented McDonalds. So, somebody please tell me, what the heck is a pizza peel? And what does 4 bunched corners mean? What is it about a pizza peel that requires me to spread dough and then put the boule on the pizza peel? I’m sooooo confused.
A pizza peel is like a paddle - a large spatula - if you use a pizza stone (this gets hot in the oven and you place the pizza, or bread dough, onto the already heated stone) they are suggesting you use this "peel or paddle" so you don't burn yourself - I don't plan to buy one, I will figure something out- like maybe using one of my plastic cutting boards and letting the bread dough slip onto the pizza stone from that.
The process of pulling the dough is different than kneading it. I'm assuming this means that after you cut off the portion you are going to bake, you take two sides and pull out slightly and tuck under, then take the other two sides and do the same. This is a way to stretch the dough a bit without kneading it. Does that make any sense? I may not be able to do it either - but that is how I am going to try.