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No Knead Artisan Bread

Published September 3, 2016 Last modified June 7, 2020 By Beth Mueller

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Our Artisan Bread Recipe produces a nice Rustic Crusty Bread. A simple no-knead bread that is easy to make with no specialty equipment needed. Great as toast or warm and buttered.

Sliced bread in a basket

I love bread!  I’ll eat it from anywhere, even a factory. I’m not embarrassed either.

This is my go-to bread recipe whenever I have a hankering for warm bread.

But, homemade bread, warm from the oven, slathered in butter takes the cake in my book.

Artisan bread is my all-time favorite, but it has gotten too pricey in the stores to buy any more.

It’s super easy to make at home. No kneading, no fancy mixers, and is pretty darn hard to screw up.

This one make a great toast too. I find that I usually need to run through my toaster cycle twice though.

Do yourself a favor and flip the bread around so that the opposite side of the bread is facing the same elements.

Trust me, I have yet to totally fail with this method.

I forgot to add salt once, the bread was edible, just really bland.

I may have struggled to get it shaped and dropped into my pan when I first started making this.

Don’t worry if you struggle too, even if it’s ugly, it’s delicious.

You will get better with it the more you practice and eventually it will be no big deal to whip up a quick loaf.

You can make this as two smaller loaves, or one large loaf.

I prefer one large loaf and I use my big cast iron skillet to cook it in.

Smaller loaves can be wrapped in a nice cellophane bag and given as gifts.

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Cloth lined basket with slices of homemade bread

No-Knead Artisan Bread

No-knead bread that is easy to make with no specialty equipment needed.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Bread
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 20 Servings
Calories: 151kcal
Author: Beth Mueller

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

  • 3 cups 105°F water no warmer than 110°F or you will kill the yeast
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
  • 1 tablespoon Kosher Salt
  • 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine water and yeast. Whisk until no lumps of yeast are floating around.
  • Add flour and salt to the bowl.
  • Mix well with a large spoon until all flour is absorbed, wooden spoons work best.
  • Cover bowl with a kitchen towel and set aside for at least 2 hours, but not longer than 5 hours.
  • Spray cast iron skillet, or another large oven-safe vessel, with baking spray. Set aside. 2 loaf pans can be used instead.
  • Remove towel from the bowl and deflate the dough.
  • With a spatula, start pulling the dough into the middle of the bowl while lightly sprinkling flour over the area just pulled from the side of the bowl.
  • Once the dough is free from the bowl, gather it into a ball as best as you can.
  • Place the dough into the skillet and cover with a clean kitchen towel.
  • Allow dough to rise for 1 to 2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • Remove towel from bread.
  • Place into a preheated oven.
  • Cook for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Remove from baking pan and place on clean kitchen towel to cool.

Notes

Adapted from Mel's Kitchen.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 31.3g | Protein: 4.5g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 350mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 0.1g
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Filed Under: Baked Goods, Beginner Recipes, Bread, Breakfast, Comfort Foods, Recipe

About Beth Mueller

Hi! Thanks for visiting Pear Tree Kitchen! I've been cooking and creating recipes for over 40 years. I'm an RN so I tend to go overboard with food safety tips! My favorite things are chicken soup, desserts, and sharing recipes.

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