No Knead Dutch Oven Bread

Homemade artisan bread sliced in half on a wooden cutting board.

Making homemade bread is easy and delicious! With just four ingredients and minimal prep time, you'll enjoy your homecooked artisan bread in no time!

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 50

Additional Time 2

Total Time 2 55

Course Appetizers

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 617 kcal

Ingredients

5 cups all purpose flour or bread flour
2 ½ teaspoons instant yeast
2 teaspoons sea salt or pink himalayan salt
1 ½ tablespoons honey
2 cups warm water

Instructions

Combine flour, yeast, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Stir in water and honey with a wooden spatula. This should take about a minute. The dough should be slightly sticky with no dry clumps.
Cover with a towel and place in a warm area to rise for 2 hours.
Place your dutch oven into the cold oven and preheat to 450°F
Once the dough has about doubled in size, lightly flour your hands, pull the dough carefully off the sides of the bowl, then stretch the dough out, fold in half and stretch it out again several times.
Carefully pull the dutch oven out of the oven and remove the lid.
Shape the dough into a ball and carefully place it into the center of the hot pot.
Cover with the lid and bake for 50 minutes.
Remove the bread from the dutch oven to a cooling rack for 30 minutes before slicing.

Notes

You can place the dough on a piece of parchment paper and lower it into the dutch oven.

For a crispier base, lightly oil the bottom of the dutch oven. This will also help prevent the bread from sticking if you have a non-enameled dutch oven.

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Nutrition

Calories: 617kcalCarbohydrates: 129gProtein: 19gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.5gSodium: 1170mgPotassium: 243mgFiber: 6gSugar: 7gVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 7mg

Keyword artisan bread, no knead

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