Monday, April 4, 2011

No-Knead Bread

Ingredients
3 cups of bread flour alternative: 1/2c whole wheat flour + 2 1/2c bread flour
1/4 teaspoon of instant yeast (a little extra doesn't hurt!)
1 teaspoon of table salt alternative: 3/4 tablespoon of kosher salt
1-1/2 cups of lukewarm water



Directions
Day 1:  
Put ingredients into a large bowl, stir until mostly combined, cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place for 12-20 hours.

Day 2:
Dump out onto a floured surface, fold the dough edges under to get a reasonably smooth-surfaced ball.
Let ball rest in a tall bowl for 2 hours.

1 1/2 hours into the rest, put a cast iron dutch oven (e.g., Le Creuset) in the oven to preheat at 450°F.

At the end of the rest, put the dough in the now-hot dutch oven, cover with dutch oven lid and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove the lid and bake for another 15-20 minutes.

Elapsed time: 14-22 hours
Work time:  5 minutes

Stolen from:  http://steamykitchen.com/168-no-knead-bread-revisited.html
You can find it all over the Internet but this is a nice write-up.