No Knead Bread you really NEED in your life!

Ever wanted to make bread but you are intimidated? Maybe you have tried making bread and it was a disaster… I have been there and I literally went to school to learn how. Bread can be tricky, but it can also be super simple! This no-knead bread recipe is perfect for when you are social distancing and need something to a)occupy your life and b)eat with your dinner…but tomorrow’s dinner because it takes about 20 hours of resting before you can bake it.

Golden Brown and Delicious!

Golden Brown and Delicious!

Cracked Black Pepper and Parmesan No-Knead Bread

Yield: 1 loaf

  • All-purpose Flour 3 cups

  • Instant or Active Dry Yeast 2 teaspoons

  • Salt 2 teaspoons

  • Black Pepper 1/2 teaspoon

  • Parmesan, grated 2 Tablespoons

  • Warm water 1.5 cups

  • Olive Oil 1 Tablespoon

  1. Mix together the flour, yeast, salt, black pepper and parmesan until combined in a large bowl. The yeast is going to GROW so you want there to be lots of room for your dough to expand overnight.

  2. Stir in water and olive oil until it forms a sticky ball, you can just use your arm and a spatula for this, you don’t need a mixer…it’s like magic!

  3. Put a lid on your bowl, or saran wrap it and let it sit for about 20 hours.

  4. Pre-heat oven to 450*F and place a large cast iron pot with a lid inside while it is preheating so it gets nice and hot. I have an enamelled cast iron dutch oven which works great, but something that holds heat and has a lid is what your looking for. You are basically making a bread oven inside of your regular oven.

  5. Once the oven is hot, you can plop your dough out onto a floured surface and roughly roll it into a ball.

  6. Next pull your pot out of the oven, you can give it a little spray of non-stick cooking oil aka PAM, and plop your bread ball into it. Then place the lid on top and put it back into the oven.

  7. Bake with the lid on for 30 minutes, then remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes or until golden brown!

  8. I like to take my bread out of the pot to cool on a wire rack so it doesn’t get steamy on the bottom, but voila! Fresh baked bread, easy peasy!

Easy AND delicious! Baking bread while in quarantine!

Our delicious black pepper Parmesan bread has sat overnight and now it's ready to bake...and EAT!

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