This easy and we mean easy homemade french bread recipe is sure to be a hit.
Easy rustic bread recipe no dutch oven.
If the dough mixture is too dry add a bit more water the dough should be sticky as seen in the video.
30 minutes before dough has risen or while refrigerated dough is coming to room temperature place dutch oven cast iron pot in the oven to preheat at 230 c 450 f.
Preheat the oven to 450 f 230 c with the pot inside for 45 minutes 1 hour.
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Just bake it on a tray see the recipe notes.
I use a 5 quart dutch oven with this recipe and it works fine but if you want your loaf to be taller use a smaller perhaps a 3 5 or 4 quart dutch oven instead.
There is nothing like a loaf of fresh bread right out of the oven.
Meanwhile place a 6 quart dutch oven or heavy cooking pot with oven safe lid inside the oven.
Carefully remove the pot from the oven and place it on a trivet or heat safe surface.
This is a no knead dutch oven bread recipe that peeked my interest in the dec jan o8 mother earth news magazine.
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I ve only ever made one kind of bread at home the most delicious and simple no knead dutch oven rustic round loaf.
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You start it the evening before adjust it in the morning let it sit for about 2 hours then bake it for about 45 minutes and then you have the most.
If we are having soup or chili a loaf of crusty fresh bread makes the most amazing addition all warm and perfect with melty butter it just completes the meal.
The larger the dutch oven the less tall your loaf will be.
The end result is a brick oven type of crust that i ve never gotten with home bread baking before the results are wonderful believe it or not.
A small dutch oven is better here so that the bread rises upwards whereas if you were to use a big dutch oven the bread would spread out over the entire surface of the pot.
Crispy crust on the outside and soft airy bread on the inside.
Easy no knead dutch oven crusty bread.
Another reason your bread could be flattish in appearance is the size of dutch oven you use.
Preheat oven pot.
Homemade dutch oven bread that s ready in just a few hours no overnight rise.