No Knead Bread
This no-knead bread recipe is a no-fuss recipe. With only four ingredients and no kneading, this bread is easy to make and delicious.
Equipment
- Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 3½ cups flour
- 1½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 1⅔ cup room temperature water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast
- Stir in water until flour is blended in. Dough will be shaggy with no flour spots.
- Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm, draft free area for 12 hours minimum. 18 hours is best.
- After rising, flour a surface and fold dough over on itself two to three times.
- Let rest 15 minutes with a tea towel covering the dough.
- Shape dough into a ball
- Coat an tea towel in flour and place dough ball onto the tea towel.
- Place an additional tea towel over the dough and allow to rise in a warm area for 2 hours
- Heat oven to 400°F. Place a dutch oven in the oven while it preheats
- When oven is heated, remove the dutch oven and place the dough in it.
- Cover and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove cover and bake additional 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cover with lid.
- Allow to rest in covered pot for 15 minutes.
- Remove from pot and allow to cool on a cooling rack before slicing.