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Bread recipes
I think many of us are discovering or rediscovering a love of baking recently. I thought it would be fun if we shared bread recipes!
I think many of us are discovering or rediscovering a love of baking recently. I thought it would be fun if we shared bread recipes!
I've become enamored of no-knead artisan bread because of how easy it is to make. I like this twist on it: Mediterranean Black Olive Bread. It's clearly product placement for Mezzetta Black Olives, but it's pretty good anyway. (And the bread is great without the olives, too!) It's basically just:
1 packet active dry yeast
1.5 cups warm water (100°F)
2 teaspoons salt
3 cups bread flour
Mix the water and yeast and cover for 5 minutes.
Mix the salt and flour, then add the yeast and water and mix it.
Put the dough in a covered bowl (or your cold oven) and let rise for 10 to 24 hours.
Once it's risen, put a 4 quart dutch oven into your oven and heat it up to 450 degrees without the lid for 30 minutes. Then put the dough into the hot dutch oven, cover it, and leave it in the oven at 450 degrees for 30 more minutes. Take the lid off and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
Be very careful taking it out of the oven! Beautiful, delicious bread!
If you have a bread machine, I recommend this recipe:
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/bread-machine-bread-easy-as-can-be-recipe
We've been doing Mel's Kitchen French Bread Dough - no pans required and have had some tasty results! It's really low key to make... assuming you have a stand mixer with dough hooks. Even if you don't, you could knead it by hand, I think.