Also, I was wrong on that recipe, I just went and looked up the one I used. 1.5 cups of water:

Perfect Loaf

I used that as a base and then simplified the shit out of it just to see how idiot proof making bread really could be. I basically didn't do most of the second half of that stuff. Just mixed it up. Let it sit for 5-10 mins. Mixed it again. 5-10 min rest, then shaped and stuck it in a bowl for 1.5 hours and then into the oven (I didn't do the whole punch it down thing, stretch, fold, whatever). On the second attempt I didn't even turn it into two separate loaves. I just put the whole blob into the oven and it turned out great.