So, you know you’re going to put the pot into a very very hot oven. Let it pre-heat for 30 minutes or longer. If you leave it out on the counter – that is fine too, the dough will rise up and also out….making a flatter No Knead Bread loaf, about 3″-4″ high.They will both taste the same, just looks a little different.Ī half hour before the nap ends, we will need to begin preheating your baking vessel. Secret: When I run out of time, I sometimes let it sit only for 1 hour! If you let it nap in a tall, narrow bowl (pictured below), the dough rises nice and tall, about 6″ high. It should puff up nicely and double in size. Gently move dough onto a piece of parchment paper (I used a floured towel, but it can stick to the towel easily, so I recommend parchment.) Cover. Try to tuck the dough ends under to get that taut surface. Turn dough blob over so that you get a nice, smooth, tight surface. With wet hands, grab the dough and fold over all ends towards the middle. It is the high water content that makes this bread so deliciously light and the crust very crisp. Since we are adding flour to the surface, I balance it out by wetting my hands. Why not flour your hands? You could, but you want to keep the flour: water ratio pretty even. If you find dough sticking to your hands, wet again. This will prevent the very sticky dough from sticking to your hands. Secret: I’ve let it sit for as little as 8 hours and it still tastes great! I did knead with wet hands just a little tiny bit to make up for the time OR you can add a touch more yeast.Īfter sleeping, the no knead bread dough should look like this: (better than what I look like in the morning.) Give it a kiss good night and let the no knead bread dough sleep for 12-20 hours on counter or in a nice, warm, cozy place. See? This is what it is supposed to look like…a shaggy, goopy mess.
Stir like a badass-baker with whale tattoos would stir! But you know what “dumping water” looks like! Stir. Sorry no pic – he dumped water before I could pick up camera. Why the difference?)Īdd 1-1/2 cups of lukewarm water. (secret: I use 3/4 tablespoon of kosher salt. Secret: I sometimes use 1/2c whole wheat flour + 2 1/2c bread flour Move over Bourdain, here comes someone cuter… There is nothing that says, “I’m a kick-ass no knead bread baker” more than a tattoo of a killer whale. Of course I had to bribe him with 2 temporary tattoos. So, without further blabbering, I’ve pimped out my son to demonstrate that baking No Knead Bread is so simple a 4-year old can do it. You can’t even boil spaghetti in 3 minutes! Now, with that, how could you not try No Knead Bread? It only takes 3 minutes to mix and a wooden spoon. If bread could sing, this would be an angelic choir.
The interior of the bread holey, chewy, airy and light. The crust is thin, crisp and snaps as you cut into the loaf. No Knead Bread recipe so insanely brilliant – no sticky fingers, no doughy mess, no intricate measuring, no complicated kneading. But what if I told you that you don’t even have to knead or shape, that it is so easy my little son makes it. Baking bread does sound intimidating…all that kneading and loaf-shaping business is best left to pros. In case you’ve not heard of No Knead Bread….let me tell you about it. Granted, it’s easy to just drive to your local bakery to pick up a loaf, but have you ever experienced the intense joy of smelling freshly baked bread coming from your very own oven?! Foodgasmic, eyes-roll-to-back-of-head, soul softly moaning as you tug a piece of warm, pillowy mound gently with your teeth. I firmly believe that every person should bake a loaf of bread at least once in their lifetime. as many of us have been brainwashed by this summer’s ice cream! We’ve made close to 60 loaves since last November and I’ve got to tell you, it is still one of our family’s favorite things to eat. And while fads come and go, this certainly is a recipe that has transcended the fickleness of foodies. It’s been almost a year since NY Times unveiled the secret to the revolutionary No-Knead Bread. A recipe so easy, a 4-year old can make it! My son will show you how, step by step.