Easy Homemade Artisan Bread. In today’s post: You won’t believe how easy it is to make this beautiful homemade artisan bread! This base recipe will soon be on repeat in your kitchen. After you realize how easy it is to make real homemade bread, you’ll find any excuse to bake a loaf.
What’s more, the dough takes just five minutes to make, does not require kneading or any special equipment, and can rest in the fridge for up to two weeks (the flavor becomes more complex the longer it sits). How do I make Homemade Artisan Bread? Following the recipe add the salt, sugar and yeast to the flour. You can have Easy Homemade Artisan Bread using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Easy Homemade Artisan Bread
- Prepare 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
- You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
- You need 1/4 teaspoon of yeast.
- You need 1 1/2 cups of water.
If you don’t have a pizza stone, you can use a cookie sheet turned upside down. On the shelf below the pizza stone, place a broiler pan or cake pan. Crusty Homemade Artisan Bread is so easy to make with NO KNEADING required. Soft on the inside with an irresistible chewy crust!
Easy Homemade Artisan Bread step by step
- In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, and yeast together..
- Add in water and mix until flour is incorporated. The dough will be stiff. Mix thoroughly - if the dough is too wet, add a little more flour and if there is too much flour, add a little water.
- Cover the bowl and let rest for 12-18 hours at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The dough is ready when it is dotted with bubbles. (Longer time may be needed for cooler weather).
- After the rest, place dough on a lightly flour-sprinkled surface. Create a surface tension by folding the dough over itself about 4-8 times or until tight..
- Spray a bowl with cooking spray and place dough into the bowl and cover. Let it rise for 2 hours. When the dough is ready, it will have doubled in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
- At least 30 minutes before the dough is ready, heat the oven to 450 degrees. Place your 6-8 quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, pyrex, or ceramic) in the oven while it heats.
- When the pot has been heated and the dough is ready, carefully place the dough into the pot, seam side up..
- Cover and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 5-10 minutes and bake until the loaf has browned on top..
- Cool on wire rack before slicing.
A no knead bread recipe without special equipment, stand mixers or dough hooks? Like so many rustic bread recipes, it relies on just pantry staples of all-purpose flour, yeast, salt, and water. Combine the flour, yeast, and salt in a large bowl and mix to combine. Add the water and herbs, if using, and mix well. The dough will be very sticky and shaggy-looking.