I love this no-knead, artisan-style bread recipe that's soft and chewy on the inside, but crusty on the outside, with amazing flavor in every bite. Baked in a cast-iron Dutch oven, it's also a good, simple recipe to start with if you've never made homemade bread before.
Enjoy!
Dutch Oven Bread
Makes 1 Loaf
Ingredients:
3 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 tsp. active dry yeast
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups warm water
Instructions:
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, salt, and yeast.
- Add warm water and stir until a shaggy mixture forms. Mixture will be lose and sticky. This is what you want.
- Cover bowl and set aside for 12-18 hours (up to 24). Overnight works great.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place a cast-iron Dutch oven with lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place risen dough onto a floured surface and shape into a round loaf.
- Remove hot pot from oven and place dough in pot. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. Then remove lid and bake bread an additional 10-15 minutes.
- Carefully remove bread from oven and from pot and place on a cooling rack.
Recipe adapted from Alaska from Scratch