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No Knead Bread

No Knead Bread Recipe made with four ingredients, flour, salt, yeast and water bakes up beautifully every single time and there's no kneading involved.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Rise Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 55 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Dutch Oven Bread Recipe, No Knead Bread Recipe
Servings: 1 loaf of bread
Calories: 114kcal
Author: Lois

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ¾ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. active dry yeast
  • 1 ½ cup warm water

Instructions

  • Add the flour, yeast and salt to a big bowl. Stir to combine.
  • Pour the warm water on top and using a wooden spoon; stir to combine.
  • Take a sheet of plastic wrap and spray the back of it with non-stick cooking spray. You could also brush about a teaspoon of oil on the back of the plastic wrap as well. You don't want the dough to stick to the plastic wrap as it rises.
  • Allow the dough to sit covered with plastic wrap at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours. The longer it sits and rises, the more dense the bread will become.
  • About 30 minutes before you want to bake the bread, preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
  • Place the Dutch oven pot inside the oven so it can preheat and get hot as well.
  • Remove the dough from the bowl onto a lightly floured surface. Make sure you flour your hands as well so the dough doesn't stick to your hands.
  • The dough will be sticky, but once you work with it for a few minutes, it will start to come together nicely.
  • Using oven mitts, carefully remove the preheated Dutch oven from the oven. Gently place the dough inside. Cover with the lid and bake for 30 minutes. Then, remove the lid and continue baking for 15-20 minutes, or until the bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
  • The bread is done when it is golden brown.
  • Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and allow it to cool on a baking rack before slicing.

Notes

  • Be careful when you remove the Dutch oven pot from the oven as it will be very hot.
  • Some people like to place the dough on top of parchment paper and then life the corners of the parchment paper to place inside the Dutch oven pot. You can bake the bread with the parchment paper in the Dutch oven pot.
  • I've never tried it that way as I've heard that using parchment paper doesn't allow the bread to get as crusty.
  • However, I am going to bake this bread again soon and will use the parchment paper and update this post to let you all know how it turns out.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Sodium: 341mg | Fiber: 1g