Almost No-Knead Bread
Make delicious homemade artisanal bread at home with minimal effort. Our Almost No-Knead Bread recipe is perfect for busy schedules and easy enough for the beginner baker.
Servings 18 slices
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Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons water at room temperature
- 6 tbsp mile-flavored lager beer
at room temperature
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
Instructions
- Whisk flour, salt and yeast together in a large bowl. Add water, beer, and vinegar. Mix until a shaggy ball forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature 8 to 18 hours.
- Lay an 18 x 12 piece of parchment paper inside a 10-inch skillet and spray with cooking spray. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured counter and knead by hand 10 to 15 times. Shape the dough into a ball. Transfer seam side down to the prepared skillet and spray the surface of the dough with oil spray. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours. (Dough should barely spring back when poked with your knuckle.)
- Thirty minutes before baking, adjust the oven rack to the lowest position and place the Dutch oven (with lid) on the rack, and preheat the oven to 500 °FLightly flour the top of the dough and, using a sharp or serrated knife, make one 6-inch long, 1/2-inch deep slash along the top of the dough. Carefully remove the pot from the oven and remove the lid. Pick up the loaf by lifting up the edges of the parchment paper. Lower the bread into the pot (let any excess parchment hang over the edge of the pan). Replace the lid and put it in the oven. Reduce oven temperature immediately to 425 °F. Bake covered for 30 minutes. Remove lid and continue baking until crust is golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes longer. Carefully remove the loaf from the pot and transfer it to a wire rack. Discard parchment paper and let the bread cool for 2 to 4 hours before slicing.
- Recrisp bread in the oven 6 to 8 minutes at 450 °F.
Notes
Recipe provided by Cooks Illustrated.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
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