favorite SIMPLE bread recipe (no knead)
Yes, I did join the ranks of the 2020 bread-making club. While I have done sourdough as well since then, this is my favorite next-to-no-effort recipe that is just as good!
I originally got this recipe from It’s Always Autumn. Giving credit where credit is due while also doing you a kindness because who wants a billion ads along with a novel-length backstory for a recipe when all you want is the dang recipe?! No one. Zero people. So you can come to this simple blog where there are zero ads because this gal is getting no cash money. ◡̈
ingredients:
⋒ 3 cups of flour
⋒ tsp of salt
⋒ 1/2 tsp of yeast
⋒ 1.5 cups of warm water (I make mine as warm as it can be while being comfortable to touch)
put ‘em all in a bowl —
It’s gonna look shambly. You’ll want to mix it more than you need to. Mix just enough that everything is well combined (I mix the dry ingredients together before adding the water), cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it. You’re done! Let it set for 8-24 hours.
the most work you’ll do —
By the time you come back to it, it will be kind of bubbly and will have risen a good bit (unless you’re doing gluten free*). On a well-floured surface, dump it out and bring in each “corner” into the center and flip it over into a dough ball. You’ll need a good bit of flour on the surface, on your hands, and the dough itself — it’ll be really sticky.
This is also the time where you could also add something (like rosemary) in the dough before you “fold in” each corner. You can fold it in or just sprinkle an herb or some everything-but-the-bagel seasoning on the top of the dough ball.
Let it sit for 30 minutes. During this time you’ll preheat your oven to 450°F and do whatever else you want because guess what you’re not doing? Slaving away on this loaf.
Put your dutch oven in there to preheat along with the oven. If you don’t have a dutch oven, you can use the removable part of your crock pot and bake in there. I did this for a couple years!
After pre-heating & the 30 mins is up, score the bread with a scoring knife or something serrated. Spray or oil your crock pot or dutch oven and flour your hands again to transport your bread into it. You’ll want to cover it with aluminum foil (or the dutch oven lid) for 30 mins and then remove for an additional 10-15 mins until your preferred shade of golden brown.
Badabing badaboom. Looks like you slaved over this beauty when it only took you a collective 5 minutes. Work smarter not harder!
* I’ve done the same exact recipe using gluten free flour. It won’t rise at all, and turns out to be a lot more dense, but it’s equally as delicious!
