Simple Bread Recipe

Beginner's Bread: Basic Loaf Recipe

What is the easiest bread to bake at home?

A no-knead bread recipe is often prescribed to the pick-and-mix crowd for its ease of execution. The most unassuming of the bunch (read: no flour or dough involved), but with a casual nonchalance that gets you, this rustic loaf truly epitomizes minimalism.

Simple Bread Recipe

No Knead Bread Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon instant yeast

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/4 C. Warm water (105-115 degrees)

Instructions:

To make dough: In a large bowl, whisk together flour yeast and salt. Mix in warm water, a little at a time until shaggy dough forms.

First Rise: Place a plastic wrap over the bowl and allow at room temperature for 18-24 hours.

Shaping and baking:Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, knead to shape into loaf. Transfer the loaf to a dutch oven or stoneware pan, and cut loose with some deep slashes on top using your knife. Place in a preheated 450°F oven and bake for 30 minutes; then reduce temperature to 400°F, and bake an additional 20-25 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped.

Cool & Enjoy: Let the bread cool on a wire rack completely before slicing and serving.

How to Make The Fluffiest No-Knead Bread

Call in the flour: All-purpose works great for most bread recipes.

Maintain the temperature: make sure your water is warm but not scalding to kill the yeast.

Let it rise: 1-2 hours or more, until dough is risen to the top of pan.

Try using a Dutch oven or cast-iron skillet: This will allow you to get that perfectly crisped exterior.

Playing with taste: You can experiment on your dough, add herbs and spices or cheese to give it a unique flavor.

Other Easy Bread Recipes:

This includes quick bread, which is a kind made with leavening agents like baking powder or baking soda that allows for little to no rise time. For example, banana bread zucchini quick bread.

English muffin: A small round bread, usually leavened by yeast and baked on a griddle or skillet.

Bagels —these are ring-shaped breads that get boiled in water before being baked; this boiling process is what gives bagels their chewy, dense texture.

Home Baking: Good Indicators and Other Factors to Think About

After All, Grinding your grain and baking yourself have Several Advantages;

Fresh Bread Every Week: Homemade bread is fresh and has no preservatives.

Freedom to customize: Use what ever ingredients you like or can find, for an endless supply of bread with the flavor that suites your need.

Matter of Cost: Preparing homemade bread is cheaper than purchasing it from the store.

All that agitation all over the complicated ingredients in an exciting recipe it is stress reliever.

But there are a couple of important things to remember though:

Time: Baking bread can be time intensive, of course based on your recipe you could just have a long rise period in the middle.

Equipment Some tools are required, such as a bread machine or dutch oven.

Although learning to ripple is simple, doing it evenly and consistently will probably take a while.

Conclusion

Bread baking is an enjoyable pastime for novices and experts alike. You will need some practice and patience to bake tasty homemade loaves, but after following the instructions in this article you should have a loaf for any occasion.

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