Would you like a simple recipe for bread that will wow everyone?  I thought so.  This artisan bread will make everyone think you slaved away in the kitchen, kneading bread until your hands couldn’t take it anymore.  Little do they know, this bread only took a few minutes of prep time, overnight rising, and absolutely NO kneading.  All you need is a dutch oven and a few ingredients to get this crusty, chewy, scrumptious bread at home.  Go ahead, try it.  I won’t tell anyone how easy it is if you won’t….

Dutch Oven Crusty Bread                 Print Recipe Here

From: Alaska from Scratch

Ingredients

3c unbleached all-purpose flour
1t yeast
1t salt
1-1/2c water

Directions

Whisk together the flour, salt, and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle in the water and stir until the mixture comes together (it will be shaggy and sticky, that is perfect). Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for 12-24 hours.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and place a cast iron Dutch oven in the oven with the lid on. Allow the Dutch oven to heat up for 30 minutes.

Place risen dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a round loaf, do not overwork. Place loaf in the heated oven. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven and place pot on a cooling rack. Enjoy!

In a large mixing bowl, add 3 cups of flour,

1 teaspoon of yeast,

and 1 teaspoon of salt.

Whisk together.

Add in 1 to 1 1/2 cups of water.

Stir until the mixture comes together.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12-18 hours (24 max). Pretty easy prep!

The risen dough.

Preheat your oven to 450 and place an empty cast iron dutch oven with a lid in the oven to heat for 30 minutes.

Pour the risen dough onto a heavily floured surface and carefully shape into a round loaf.

Place the dough into the hot pot. Cover and return to the oven for 30 minutes. Take the lid off and bake an additional 10-15 minutes.

Done!

Enjoy!

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