crusty bread recipe

Try this incredibly easy no knead bread recipe.  It&#x27;s got a perfect crust and soft crumb. This recipe takes the normal rise time from 18 hours to a mere 2. Use your oven, sous vide, Instant Pot, or dehydrator to speed up the proofing process.

No Knead Bread Recipe

water

instant yeast

flour

salt

tsp sugar (optional)

Prepare sous vide water bath, oven, Instant Pot...

Prepare sous vide water bath, oven, Instant Pot or dehydrator for proofing. And grease the inside of a stainless steel or other heatproof bowl.

Sprinkle yeast into warm water, and set aside...

Sprinkle yeast into warm water, and set aside to bloom.

Whisk the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Stir together the water and flour mixture. I...

Stir together the water and flour mixture. I find it best to get your hands in there, give the bread a good mix until the flour is incorporated and the dough is shaggy.

Place the dough into the greased bowl, and...

Place the dough into the greased bowl, and cover with a damp tea towel or plastic wrap.

Set the bowl on the water bath, place...

Set the bowl on the water bath, place it in the oven, or dehydrator - wherever you want to rise.

Allow the dough to rise for 90 minutes,...

Allow the dough to rise for 90 minutes, then place your dutch oven into the cold oven and preheat to 450f.

After 90 minutes, turn the bread loaf out...

After 90 minutes, turn the bread loaf out onto a floured surface and carefully form a boule. Using gentle motions, and fold the dough into a ball shape.

Place the boule in the centre of a...

Place the boule in the centre of a piece of parchment paper, seam side down.

Remove the dutch oven from your oven. Be...

Remove the dutch oven from your oven. Be very careful, it's extremely hot.

Pick up bread boule with the corners of...

Pick up bread boule with the corners of your parchment paper, and lower the boule into the dutch oven.

Replace the lid.

Bake the bread at 450f for 30 minutes...

Bake the bread at 450f for 30 minutes covered.

Remove the lid, and bake another 10-15 minutes...

Remove the lid, and bake another 10-15 minutes uncovered - until the crust is a perfect golden brown.

Remove the dutch oven from the oven, and...

Remove the dutch oven from the oven, and pick up the bread using the corners of the parchment paper again.

Place the bread on a wire cooling rack...

Place the bread on a wire cooling rack until cool to the touch before serving.

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Try this incredibly easy no knead bread recipe. This recipe takes the normal rise time from 18 hours to a mere 2. Use your oven, sous vide, Instant Pot, or dehydrator to speed up the proofing process.

No Knead Bread

The most delicious bread recipe I have tried. It is easy to make and requires very little effort and delivers a crusty, delicious loaf every time.

Easy crusty bread

g (2tsp) instant yeast

tsp sugar

flour ((+1 cup for dusting))

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the water, sugar and yeast. Allow to stand for 5 minutes until foamy.

Add the flour and salt then knead with the dough hook for 5 minutes.

The dough will be slightly sticky but shouldn&#039;t be wet. If it is, add 1-2 tbsp flour and knead in.

Bring the dough together into a ball with your hand. Dust over 1-2 tbsp flour (you want it to be well covered).

Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour until doubled in size. Leaving the dough in a warm spot will aid the rising.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Place a pot (dutch oven) with a lid into the oven to preheat.

When the dough has proved, turn it out onto a floured surface. Fold the edges into the center of the dough then place into a floured bowl, seam side down. Dust over more flour.

Cover with the tea towel and allow to rise for another 30 minutes.

Carefully remove the pot from the oven and remove the lid. Transfer the dough to the pot and cover with the lid.

Place in the oven and allow to bake for 30 minutes.

Remove the lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes until the bread is golden brown.

Remove the bread from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 20-30 minutes (or until it has cooled to room temperature) before slicing and serving.

Nothing less than the best bread in the world. This is a no-knead bread that takes very little work, you just need to allow plenty of time for proving. This amazing crusty bread is crispy on the outside, and soft and light on the inside.

The best and easiest bread in the world

TBS Dry yeast (REALLY! Only very little!)

water ((5 dl))

Pints Flour ((625 grams, 10 dl))

Salt

In a large bowl, add the dry yeast to the cold water. Stir well, until the yeast is activated. (This takes about 5 minutes - until the yeast is fully-dissolved)

Add the salt and flour to the bowl.

Stir the mixture until the flour is just wet, but no longer. 

Wrap the bowl with a (wrung-out) wet tea towel or similar. 

Leave your dough to &quot;raise cold&quot; for 12-14 hours.Choose the coolest room in the house for this. I did leave it on the kitchen table once, and it was fine here in chilly Denmark.

After 12-14 hours, dust a clean table top with flour. Tip your dough out onto the flour and fold the dough gently in over itself 3 times. Work from the sides to the middle, to create a dome-shaped loaf.Now cover it (I use a beeswax cloth for this, but a dish towel is perfect) and leave on the kitchen counter for another two hours. This is especially important if you had it raising cold - it needs to &quot;wake up&quot;.

Heat your oven to 250 degrees Celsius (480 degrees Fahrenheit) and put your Dutch oven or pot in the oven to warm. Make sure it&#039;s heated all the way. I like to let it sit in the oven for 10 minutes after the oven has come to temperature.

Take the hot Dutch oven out of the oven and put it down on a safe, heat-proof surface. Remove the lid (wear oven mitts!), and gently lift your dough into the Dutch oven - careful not to touch the hot pot yourself. Put the lid back on, place it back in the oven and leave to bake for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, remove the lid from your Dutch oven, and turn the oven temperature down to 225 degrees Celsius (435 Fahrenheit).Bake without the lid for an additional 15 minutes. Make sure you check on your bread after 10 minutes though, your oven might be warmer than mine. 

Remove the bread from the oven and take it out of your Dutch oven. Your bread should be golden brown and making a crackling sound. To double check it&#039;s baked, knock on the bottom of the loaf, it should sound hollow.

LEAVE YOUR BREAD FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE YOU CUT INTO IT!Its very important that the bread is able to set itself up for greatness, and it does that with all of the moisture contained inside the thick crust. Leave it for at least 20 minutes to cool and set before you eat it.

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