No-Knead Bread

Ingredients

3 1/4 cups (430 g) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon honey or sugar
1 (7 g) packet active dry yeast
1 1/3 cups warm water (about 110°F)

Directions

Stir together the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a large mixing bowl until combined

Add in the warm water and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula until the dough is evenly mixed and no large flour streaks remain. (The dough will look quite loose)

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or bees wrap, and let the dough rest at room temperature for 1 hour. At this time, dough should double in size.

Transfer the dough to a well-floured surface. Fold the dough on top of itself — pulling the outer edges up and into the center a few times until the dough feels a bit tighter and holds its shape — to form a round dough ball. (If the dough is sticky or feels too loose at any point, just keep sprinkling on extra flour as needed.)

Lightly flour the top of the dough ball, and then carefully flip it upside-down onto a piece of parchment paper, so that the smooth side is on top. Use your hands to shape the ball into an even circle.

Lightly flour the top of the dough ball, then loosely cover it with plastic wrap or bees wrap to rest while the oven heats.

Place the Dutch oven inside of your oven, then set oven to 450°F. Wait for 20-30 minutes for the oven to heat, while the dough continues to rest.

If the dough rises and spreads out more than you would like during this time, just use your hands to shape it into a tighter ball once more just before baking.

Use oven mitts to remove the Dutch oven from the oven.

Lift the edges of the parchment to carefully transfer the dough ball (along with the parchment) to the Dutch oven.

Cover with the Dutch oven lid and bake for 30 minutes.

Then carefully remove the lid and bake for 10-20 more minutes, until the crust of the bread reaches your desired level of doneness (as light or as deeply golden brown and crispy as you prefer).

Remove from the oven, uncover, and then carefully lift up the edges of the parchment to transfer the bread to a wire cooling rack. 

 

Enjoy!

 

Tip: Mix in fresh garlic and rosemary when shaping the dough

Tip: After baking, brush bread with melted butter and top with sea salt and rosemary