Easy No Knead Bread
Course
Breads
Servings
24
slices
Servings
24
slices
Ingredients
+/- 3
cups
unbleached flour
2
cups
whole wheat flour
1
Tbl
high gluten powder
optional
1
Tbl
sugar
1
tsp
salt
2.5
Tbl
yeast
2
Tbl
olive oil
2.5
cups
warm water
Instructions
Mix flours, gluten, sugar, salt and yeast in large bowl to mix.
Pour in warm water and oil and stir till dough forms.
Dough will be sticky and slightly wet feeling.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in warm warm place 8-18 hours.
Dough will rise, bubble and then flatten on top.
Heat oven to 450 degrees.
When heated, place a large (6 quart) Dutch oven with cover in oven to heat for 30 minutes.
Stir down dough.
Generously flour a sheet of parchment paper.
Using floured hands, form dough into ball, using more flour if needed.
Place on parchment and sprinkle dough top with additional flour.
Cover with damp cloth (or plastic wrap) and let sit for 30 minutes.
If desired, using sharp knife, slash a few stripes into dough.
Remove Dutch oven from oven.
Uncover dough and carefully transfer parchment paper with loaf into pan.
Cover Dutch oven and return to oven.
Bake bread 45 minutes covered.
Uncover bread and bake additional +/- 15 minutes until dough is golden brown on top and cooked through.
Remove from pan to cool before slicing.
Recipe Notes
Feel free to use all unbleached white flour. Just omit the wheat flour and high gluten powder.