So you know how every time you find a recipe on Pinterest, the writer goes on this long tangent about the origin of the recipe and the story seems to go on forever and ever, and finally it seems like there’s an end in sight… THEN they tell you the steps and you have to keep scrolling and scrolling to find all the details needed to even think about making the dish? Not here. We’re a no fuss kind of family here.

No-Knead Artisan Bread

This is hands-down, the easist loaf of bread you will ever make. It take 1 day to rise, so if you need bread, do a little planning the night before, but I promise, it's worth the 5 minutes of prep.

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Prep Time 6 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 51 mins

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast or Instant Yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm Water
• 3 cups All-Purpose or Bread Flour
• 2 tsp Salt

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and yeast. Add water and stir until a shaggy bread dough forms. Cover bowl with a towel. Set aside and let the dough rise at room temperature for approximately 12 hours, or overnight. 
• Place a 4-quart Dutch oven into the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 450ºF with Dutch oven in it.
• While Dutch oven heats, turn dough onto a well-floured surface and form into a ball with floured hands. Cover dough with towel and let rest for 30 minutes. With floured hands, place the dough into heated Dutch oven. 
• Cover Dutch oven with its lid and bake for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake for 15 more minutes. Remove loaf of baked bread from Dutch oven, and I cannot stress this enough, let cool completely before slicing with a serrated knife.

Notes

Hot Tip: If you don’t have a dutch oven, try any oven-safe pot that seals completely, or take the “crock” out of your Crock-Pot and wrap tin foil over it to seal it up tight.