easy yeast bread

Rather amazingly, Dutch oven bread tastes like expensive artisan bread. It&#x27;s easy to make -- no kneading necessary! 

Dutch Oven Bread

all-purpose flour

kosher salt

yeast

water

honey

olive oil

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt,...

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, yeast, water, honey, and olive oil. Mix until mixture is combined. It will be sticky.

Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set...

Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set aside for 12-18 hours, or overnight.

Preheat oven to 450ºF. When the oven is...

Preheat oven to 450ºF. When the oven is preheated, place a cast iron Dutch oven (a 4 qt works great!) with a lid inside the oven and continue to heat for 20-30 minutes. 

Meanwhile, pour dough out of bowl onto a...

Meanwhile, pour dough out of bowl onto a floured surface. Form into the shape of a ball (it doesn’t have to be perfect, and will still be sticky). Place on a sheet of parchment paper, if desired. Cover lightly with plastic wrap.

When the pot has been in the oven...

When the pot has been in the oven for 20-30 minutes, carefully remove pot from oven, remove plastic wrap from dough and, grabbing the corners of the parchment paper, place dough (and the paper) in hot pan (be careful!). Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover, and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. 

Remove bread from pot and let cool on...

Remove bread from pot and let cool on a rack. Slices best when completely cool, but we don’t blame you if you don’t want to wait.

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Rather amazingly, Dutch oven bread tastes like expensive artisan bread. It's easy to make -- no kneading necessary!

Cheese bread (no knead!)

bread flour ((Note 1 re: plain/all-purpose flour))

tsp instant yeast (aka rapid rise (Note 2))

tsp cooking/kosher salt

(tightly packed) Colby cheese (,

Mix dry ingredients, mix in water. Rise 2 - 3 hrs until doubled.

Preheat pot 240°C/450°F (220°C fan). Turn dough out. Reserve 1/3 cheese for topping. Fold inwards 4 times, stuffed/layered with remaining cheese. Flip onto parchment paper. Pile reserved cheese on top.

Bake 35 minutes covered, 10 minutes uncovered. Rest 10 minutes. Eat!

SHORTHAND RECIPE - for experts

Shaggy dough - Using a rubber spatula, mix flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Add water, then mix using the handle of the spatula until you can no longer see flour. The dough should be too sticky to knead by hand, but not pourable like cake batter (see video at X seconds).

Rise - Cover with cling wrap and leave to rise in a warm place for 2 to 3 hours until the dough doubles in volume (Note 5). The surface should be bubbly, and the mixture should jiggle when you shake the bowl.

Preheat pot - Half an hour before the dough is ready, put a 24-28cm / 4.5-8 quart heavy based pot with a lid in the oven to preheat to 240°C/450°F (220°C fan-forced). Note 7 for no dutch oven method.

Magic no-knead dough:

Pat into disc - Sprinkle work surface with 1 tbsp flour. Scrape dough out, sprinkle surface with flour, pat into a ~20cm/8&quot; disc.

Cheese it - Set aside 1/3 of the cheese for topping. Cover surface with half the remaining cheese.

Fold inwards stuffed with cheese - Using a dough scraper or anything of similar shape (cake server, large knife, spatula), fold the sides inwards 4 times to roughly form a roundish shape, topping each layer of with the remaining cheese (but keep the final layer cheese free, it will be the base of the bread). (Note 6 for tips)

Paper transfer - Flip the dough onto a sheet of parchment/baking paper so the seamside is (mostly) facedown. Tidy the shape if desired. (Note 6)

Cheese crown - Pile the reserved cheese on.

Shape loaf:

Hot pot transfer - Remove hot pot from the oven. Use paper to transfer dough into the pot, keeping it on the paper. Put lid on.

Bake 35 minutes. Remove lid. Bake 10 minutes to colour the surface.

Cool - Remove pot from oven. Use paper to transfer bread onto a cooling rack. Remove paper. Cool at least 10 minutes before slicing! (Note 8)

Bake

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