Description
Homemade no-knead bread brings rustic charm to kitchen adventures with minimal effort. Simple ingredients and patient waiting reward you with a golden, crusty loaf that fills your home with irresistible warmth and comfort.
Ingredients
Scale
Bread Ingredients:
- 3 cups (720 ml) bread flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 ml) salt
Leavening and Liquid Ingredients:
- 1 packet (2 teaspoons or 10 ml) rapid rise yeast
- 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) warm water
Instructions
- Blend flour, rapid rise yeast, and salt in a spacious mixing vessel, creating a uniform dry mixture.
- Pour warm water into the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly with a wooden implement until a shaggy, cohesive dough emerges.
- Drape a damp cloth over the bowl and let the dough relax in a sheltered environment like an inactive oven for 2-3 hours, allowing it to expand and develop volume.
- Thirty minutes before dough completion, activate the oven to 450°F and situate a Dutch oven with its lid inside to heat simultaneously.
- Dust a work surface with flour and gently transfer the risen dough, handling it delicately to preserve its airy structure.
- Softly manipulate the dough’s edges inward approximately six times, forming a rounded loaf with minimal handling.
- If adhesive, lightly powder hands with flour to prevent sticking during shaping.
- Slide the dough onto parchment paper, ensuring excess paper extends for convenient maneuvering.
- Extract the scorching Dutch oven and carefully lower the dough inside using the parchment paper’s edges.
- Seal the Dutch oven with its lid and bake for 30 minutes, allowing steam to develop a crisp exterior.
- Remove the lid and continue baking for an additional 15 minutes until the crust achieves a rich golden-brown hue.
- Transfer the bread to a wire cooling rack using the parchment paper, allowing complete temperature reduction before slicing.
- Once thoroughly cooled, slice and savor the artisan-style bread.
Notes
- Ensure water temperature is lukewarm (around 110°F) to activate yeast without killing it, preventing dense bread.
- Use bread flour for higher protein content, creating better gluten development and a chewier texture.
- Room temperature and humidity can affect dough rising, so adjust rising time accordingly by checking volume and texture.
- For gluten-free version, substitute bread flour with a gluten-free blend and add xanthan gum for structure.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 190kcal
- Sugar: 0.1g
- Sodium: 290mg
- Fat: 0.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 0mg