no knead bread
from Jo Cooks food blog
ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspon active dry yeast
- 1 1/2 cup water (room temp)
process
- in a large bowl: mix flour, salt, yeast, then water
- let it rise for 12-18 hours
- preheat oven to 450°F, with the dutch oven inside to get it hot
- once oven is done preheating, remove the dutch oven
- flour your hands, the dough, and the bottom of the pan
- form the dough into a ball (do not knead it)
- plop the dough ball into the center of the dutch oven
- put the dutch oven into the oven oven and bake for 30 minutes with the lid on
- remove the lid and bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown
- remove the bread from the dutch oven
- let the bread cool completely before slicing
notes
- super good with garlic and herb butter
- we let the dough rise on our oven top which is always slightly warm from the pilot light