easiest overnight bread for beginners | less than $1 a loaf | only 4 ingredients
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- This is my favorite bread to make because it is just so simple to make and is always delicious. It is not only the easiest I've ever made, but it is the most cost effective food you could possibly make. It costs me under $1 to make this loaf. And, did I mention it's delicious? It may not be sourdough but this tastes like a true artisan bread loaf.
Ingredients:
6 cups of flour
3.5 tsp salt
1 tsp active dry yeast
3 cups of warm water (this helps activate the yeast, you want it warm not hot)
1. mix everything together and cover overnight 12-18 hours
2. warm up your dutch oven or casserole dish inside the oven while it preheats to 450°
3. Once the oven is heated, gently shape the dough into a ball. You will want plenty of flour for dusting your counter, hands and dough ball. It is VERY STICKY! Let the ball drop into your dutch oven and cover
4. bake for 40 minutes
5. uncover your bread and bake 20 more minutes uncovered
6. remove your bread from the pot and let cool on cooling rack or your counter
7. cut and enjoy!
You can leave this loaf out on the counter if you place it cut side down, or seal in a plastic baggy.
I have a 5.5 quart dutch oven that I used. If yours is not marked like mine the formula to calculate capacity is (pi x radius squared) x height. divide this number by 57.75. If using a larger DO it may come out flatter because of the larger diameter, but should still be delicious. Let me know if you've used a different size and how it turned out!
If you have guests, don’t worry about any leftovers. This bread will be gone. I made this for some appetizer dips this Thanksgiving and everyone went crazy for it.
As it was baking everyone kept commenting on how great it smelled. And everyone was really impressed when I took it out of the oven. They all said this was the best bread they ever had.
Also, this was the first time I had ever made it. My wife asked “how long have you known how to do this?”
It's hard to believe how delicious this is, isn't it! I am so glad you were able to share this bread with everyone this Thanksgiving.
Ψαχνω να βρω ένα εύκολο ψωμάκι να φτιάξω ,το φτιάχνω όμως την δεύτερη η μέρα θριμματιζεται όταν πάω να το κόψω...οπόταν ψάχνω ένα ψωμί που να μη θρυμματίζεται .Τι φταίει δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω....ΕΧΩ ΑΛΛΑΞΕΙ ΑΛΕΥΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ παθαίνω...και φτιάχνω κ ψωμί με πολλά ζυμώματα και πάλι το ίδιο.
Βλέπω όμως πως κ εσάς θυπριμματιζεται όταν βάλατε βούτυρο στο ψωμί...
Τι φταίει άραγε;
Hi! New subscriber! I found/bought a good as new used enameled dutch oven with the 85% reason being to make my home baked bread in it. I was so happy when that first loaf came out. I almost HURT myself eating so much! LOL The joy of fresh baked bread: it's real. And walking into a home that smells like bread baking: Heals many a woe. Highly Recommended! LOL
I am so happy you enjoyed it! We found our old cast iron dutch oven WITH lid at a second hand shop, definitely one of our best finds!
@@house_of_cruz LOL Your message made my day! I happily baked non-stop to have loaves for our Christmas party yesterday and everyone was buttering like crazy all day, even during the actual meal. No one ever met a fresh loaf of hot bread that they didn't like, including my 3 tall fellas and my soon to be daughter-in-law. Such fun! Happiest of Holidays - Safe and peaceful. And Thanks again.
That looks so yummy. When you cut it, it sounded so crunchy. Your little one is so adorable helping you mix up the dough. A future baker in the making. I can't wait to make one for my family. Thank you for sharing.
I'm so happy you enjoyed it! This bread is just so good, so easy, and so budget friendly that I had to share it 🥰
I cannot wait to try your bread recipe, but I have a question about the warm water. What temperature should the water be? I have heard that if it's not warm enough, the yeast won't "bloom." If the water is too warm, the yeast will die. Is there a temperature range that I should aim for? Thank you!
That's true! Aim for between 95-105°F
Wow!
Well explained, right to the point!
I think I could do this, I have a
5 1/2 quart and 6 quart Dutch oven, thank you!
Your bread looks delicious.
You got this! The hardest part is remembering to mix it the night before, lol
Nice thanks for sharing
No problem, it is just too good not to share!!
It came out beautifully but 6 cups of flour for ONE loaf is extravagant.
😂 I suppose it could be extravagant. I buy flour in bulk, so I don't tend to notice how much 6 cups really is!! I'm so glad to hear it turned out though, thank you for sharing
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Thanks boo!!!
No problem, enjoy!
Do you bread flour or unbleached white flour. This recipe seems large enough for 2 loaves of bread.
Just regular unbleached flour. This is a large loaf! I have a large(ish) Dutch oven so I needed to have a larger loaf so it wouldn't come out flat. If you have a smaller Dutch oven (3 qrt), you will need to halve the recipe.
I love bread flour, try both and see which one you like
Does the dough stand overnight on the counter or in the fridge?
Right out on the counter
Thanks!
No problem! Don't forget to set a stick of butter out on the counter too, it makes spreading it on so much easier 😉
There are some recipes very similar to this that call for a rest period of anywhere from 3-6 hours. Would that be sufficient for this recipe also?
No, that is not a long enough rise time, at least for this recipe. The key for a light loaf is: little yeast, long rise, and sticky dough.
Remembering to mix it the night before is the HARDEST part!
Can you use starter instead of yeast, since it’s slow rise anyway?
I have not dived into sourdough breads...YET. I am sure someone here can help answer you, but if not I would love to know how it turns out if you do give it a try!
@@chrisblanc663you can use sourdough starter instead of yeast. I mixed it around 8 pm before work, peaked on it around 5 am and meant to put it in the fridge but forgot. I left it till that evening around 5 pm and it baked really nice. A little sour like sourdough but super soft! 😊
I would love to make this bread but I do not have a Dutch Oven and have no intention of buying one! Could someone please tell me the purpose of using one and would the recipe work without it?
The Dutch oven traps the moisture and bakes the inside of the loaf before you take the lid off and bake on that crunchy crust. You can try using an oven safe 5 qt pot with foil wrapped tightly as a lid, or try a round casserole dish with a lid.
Let us know how it turns out!
You can use a casserole dish,a frying pan,check out Steve Artisan breads
Thank you 😊
Can you write receipt in grams? Thanks
No problem! You will need 720 g flour, 21 g salt, 3.2 g yeast and 710 ml water. I can't wait for you to try it out, I hope you enjoy!
How big is the dutch over, what quart size it?
You will want at least a 5 qt dutch oven. If you have a smaller size like a 3.5 qt, you can simply halve this recipe.
So I made the dough yesterday (2/17) and just took it out to form and bake. It looked a lot like yours but it was very loose and would not form a ball, any ideas?
This can happen when there is too much liquid/ not enough flour. Did you bake it? I'd love to know how it turned out. I have miss counted and mixed up the measurements so many times using this recipe (I'll blame the kids) and it ALWAYS turns out!
Just add some more flour to it while you are forming it and drop it in your Dutch oven, even if it doesn't hold shape, it should bake well.
@@house_of_cruz well I used a couple of bench scrapers and plopped it onto a piece of parchment and into the Dutch oven. It didn’t rise up as much but seemed edible.
How disappointing! It sounds like it could be your yeast. This recipe doesn't work with instant yeast, is it possible yours has expired or weakened?
It’s possible although I tested the yeast although I just realized I let it sit for closer to 24 hours (idiot)
That may be a bit too long 😆 I say try again and let me know how it turns out after letting it sit for 12-16 hours, I definitely want you to try how delicious this bread is
I have a 6 qt Dutch oven - is it big enough for this recipe?
Yes that should work just fine! I believe mine is 5.5 quarts after doing some measurements.
What kind of flour?
Regular all purpose!
If you put the loaf in a baggie wrap it in paper towels to absorb the moisture and it will not get soft
Thanks for the tip!