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.
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.