🍞 My favorite no-knead bread recipe

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

This is my summary and notes from The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day master Recipe

Ingredients

  • 910 grams (6.5 cups) All purpose flour 1
  • 680 grams (3 cups) Water, lukewarm
  • 9 grams (1 Tbsp) Instant yeast
  • 18 grams (1 Tbsp) Table salt

Dough preparation

  1. Mix: Dump in water, then yeast, salt, and flour into a 6 quart bucket. Stir into a wet rough dough.
  2. Rise: Allow dough to sit at room temp for 2 hours.

Do not punch down the dough.

  • The dough can be used right away, but is much easier to handle when chilled.
  • The dough is intended for refrigeration and use over the next two weeks, ready at anytime.

Using the dough

  1. Divide & shape: Dust the surface of the dough with enough flour so it doesn't stick to your hand. Use scissors to cut off a chunk of the dough and form it into a ball.2
  2. Rest: Dough should rest for at least 40 minutes. (Up to 60 or even 90 minutes)
  3. Bake: 450*F for 30-35 minutes.

Loaf Pan:

  • 360 grams (2.5 cups) All purpose flour
  • 270 grams (1.175 cups) Water, lukewarm
  • 3.5 grams (1 tsp) Instant yeast
  • 7 grams (1 tsp) Table salt

Uses and dough ball weights:

  • Pan Pizza - 9x13" pan - 950g
  • Naan - 65g / dough ball