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Description
This easy dutch oven bread recipe involves just 4 simple ingredients and ZERO kneading. A sourdough alternative that takes a fraction of the time. Crispy, delicious, and beginner-level easy!
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 packet of yeast (instant or any that you have)
1.5 teaspoons salt
1.5 cups warm water
Instructions
- Mix warm water, yeast, and salt in a large bowl. Use a spoon or whisk.
- Stir in flour until dough-consistency forms. Make sure this is not too wet or too dry.
- Cover with cloth and let dough rise for 2 – 3 hours in a warm place (or until the dough has doubled in size).
- Before forming your dough, place your dutch oven into the oven on the middle rack and heat oven 500 degrees. Leave the dutch oven in the oven for an additional 20 minutes after it comes to temp.
- Place dough onto a flour-sprinkled square of parchment paper and then form into dough bowl. Be careful not to handle the dough too much. The beautiful crispy crust comes from handling it as little as possible.
- Sprinkle the top of dough with a little bit of flour, and then make at least one slit in the top of the dough to allow steam to escape.
- Sprinkle the bottom of the dutch oven with rice. This helps the bottom not to burn.
- Transfer parchment paper and dough to dutch oven and bake at 450 for 35 minutes on middle oven rack.
- Remove dutch oven lid and bake uncovered an additional 5 – 10 minutes (or until crust is golden brown).
- Allow at least one hour to cool before cutting for best results! Enjoy 🙂
Notes
*For best results, handle the dough as little as possible.
*Make sure to allow time for your dutch oven to heat up before baking, as referenced in instructions.
*Sprinkling the bottom of your dutch oven with rice keeps the bottom of the bread from burning.
- Prep Time: 125 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Bread
