Homemade Dutch Oven Bread (No Knead!)
This bread is amazing. It tastes like fancy bread from a restaurant. I love how you don't need to knead the dough and it's really easy for kids to help make. We made this to go along with our Homeschool Pilgrim Theme. I found this recipe on Amber's Kitchen.
In a plastic bowl combine:
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast,
- 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 3/4 cups water (room temp or slightly warm)
- 3 cups flour
Using a plastic or wooden spoon (avoid using metal) combine ingredients until a shaggy dough forms. Just mix it until there are no longer dry patches of flour. You do not need to let the yeast dissolve and you do not need to knead the dough! (🙌🏻Yessssss!)
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and double cover it with a towel or lid. Let the dough sit at least 12 hours, or up to 24 hours..
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On a heavily floured surface, dump out your dough and form it into a ball, kneading lightly for a minute or two, adding in a little more flour if needed. (But not too much!) Place dough ball on a sheet of parchment paper, and cover again with plastic wrap and allow to rise again for 1-2 hours.
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Meanwhile, One hour before you are ready to bake it, Preheat your oven to 450, with your enameled Dutch oven inside of it. The Dutch oven needs to preheat at full temp for 30-40 minutes. When the Dutch oven has preheated, carefully transfer the parchment paper holding the dough into the pot, cover with lid, and return the pot to the oven. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove the lid, and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and remove bread from Dutch oven pot. Let cool, then dig in.
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Note: this bread needs to bake inside a of a Dutch oven, or an oven proof pot with a lid. If you don’t have an enameled Dutch oven, a traditional camping Dutch oven actually will work in a pinch (just make sure you line the dough with parchment paper).
