10.08.2014

No Knead Bread



Here's a video on You Tube in case you want to see how it's done. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Ah9ES2yTU

No-Knead Bread
1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water (I used 1 1/4...my first batch came out too soupy with 1 1/2)
3 cups all-purpose flour (I used bread flour), plus more for dusting. You may use white, whole wheat or a combination of the two.
1 1/2 tsp salt
Cornmeal or wheat bran for dusting (I just used extra flour)

Combine yeast, flour and salt, stirring until blended. Add water. The dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest at least 8 hours, preferably 12 to 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles.
Preheat oven to 475 with the dutch oven in it for at least 20 minutes.  Add enough flour to form the dough into a loose ball then put into dutch oven.
Remove dutch oven and sprinkle a little flour or corn meal on the bottom and put the dough in the dutch oven with the lid.  
Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake another 5-10  minutes, until the loaf is beautifully browned. Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and let it cool on a rack before slicing. 

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