2 Hour No Knead Bread | Easy and DELICIOUS Bread Recipe

I’ve had several requests to post this recipe on it’s own so it can be saved and referenced easily, so here it is! You won’t get a long story about the history of this recipe because I just adapted it from several similar recipes I’ve tried over the years. So without further ado, here is my tried-and-true recipe of no knead bread!

2-Hour No Knead Bread

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Proof Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 50 minutes mins

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 3 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour 425 grams
• 2 tsp Fine Sea Salt
• 1 tsp Honey or Sugar
• 1 packet Instant Fast Acting Dry Yeast
• 1 1/2 cups Warm Water 105°-110°F

Method

 

1. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, honey or sugar, and yeast. Add warm water (use thermometer to make sure water is between 105-110° F before adding) and mix together with a wooden spoon or spatula.
2. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
3. Remove plastic wrap and turn out dough onto a well flouted surface. Fold the edges over until the dough feels a little tighter and holds its shape.
4. Lightly flour the top of the dough and then transfer to parchment paper, smooth side up. Cover loosely with plastic wrap as the oven preheats.
5. Place a Dutch oven with the lid into the oven and preheat the oven to 425° F. (Make sure your Dutch oven and lid are safe for the oven before doing this)
6. Once the oven has preheated, CAREFULLY remove the Dutch oven (it will be extremely hot!!) and place the dough, along with the parchment paper, inside the Dutch oven. Cover with the lid and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
7. Then carefully remove the lid and bake, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes, or until the bread reaches your desired level of doneness (as light or dark as you like).
8. Remove from the oven and carefully lift out of the Dutch oven and place on a cooling rack for at least 20-30 minutes before serving. (This step is extremely important to allow the bread to finish cooking, otherwise the bread will be doughy still in the middle.)

Notes

If you don’t have a dutch oven, you can use a loaf pan and just cover with foil for the first bake and then remove the foil for the last 10-15 minutes.

Notes

*Don’t want sweetener? You can omit the sugar or honey altogether!

*No Dutch Oven? No problem! Just use a loaf pan covered in foil or you can even just place the dough on a parchment lined baking sheet and cover with an oven safe bowl. If you’re in the market for a Dutch oven, I recommend this affordable one from Amazon (link earns commission): Lodge Dutch Oven

I hope y’all love this recipe as much as I do! Happy Cooking!

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