Dutch Oven Bread
No knead, Dutch Oven Bread is made with only 4 ingredients, and is prepped in 5 minutes! This crusty, soft bread is the perfect addition to breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Rise Time: 8 - 24 hours
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Category: breakfast, lunch, brunch
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 3 cups white all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast - room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups warm/room temperature water (110°F - 115°F)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, salt and yeast.
- Pour the warm water into the dry ingredients. Mix until thoroughly combined. The mixture will be very sticky.
- Cover your bowl with plastic wrap. Place your bowl in a warm, draft-free location to let it rise.
- Let the dough rise for 8-24 hours. Letting the dough rise overnight is my preferred amount of time.
- After the dough has risen, it’s time to bake the bread. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Place your Dutch oven with a lid in your oven while its preheating.
- While the oven is preheating, lightly flour your work surface. Peel the risen bread from the sides of the mixing bowl and dump it onto your lightly floured work surface. If the dough is extra sticky you can (very lightly) sprinkle extra flour on the top of the dough.
- Using your hands, work the dough into a ball and work some of the flour from your work surface into the dough ball so that it is no longer sticky.
- After your oven is preheated, remove the Dutch oven from the oven and line the Dutch oven with parchment paper. Place your ball of dough into the Dutch Oven and put the lid on top. Put the Dutch oven back into the oven and bake for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, remove the lid and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Remove the bread from the oven, carefully lift it out of the Dutch oven and let it cool on your kitchen counter before slicing. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
This is a very crusty bread. That is how it is supposed to be! The bread will keep well wrapped in plastic wrap or in a zip lock bag for up to 4 days.