Homemade No Knead Artisan Bread

Prep Time: 10 minutes. Cook Time: 50 minutes Additional Time: 12+ hours.

Total Time: 13+ hours

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups bread flour

• 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon dry active yeast

• 1.5 cups lukewarm/hot water

• 6 quart dutch oven

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In large glass bowl combine bread flour, salt, dry active yeast

2. Add warm to almost hot water to the flour mixture

3. With a large wooden spoon, stir until you get a shaggy dough

   • a shaggy dough is a lumpy, rough, non smooth dough ball

4. Cover the top of the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and drape a kitchen towel over the plastic wrap

5. Set the bowl of dough in a warm, draft free spot and place down gently and leave untouched

6. Let rise for no less then 12 hours and no more then 15 hours. Dough should double in size

7. After rising, line any small bowl with parchment paper and dust with a light sprinkle of flour

8. Lightly flour your hands and the top of the dough. Dough will be sticky

9. Dig out sticky dough, in the air, stretch and fold dough under until a ball forms, about 15-20 seconds

10. Place dough ball in the pre lined parchment paper bowl

11. At this time, place the dutch oven inside the oven and pre-heat to 450°

12. Once preheated, remove the lid of the dutch oven, gently place the parchment paper and dough inside and reapply the lid

13. Set time for 35 minutes

14. After 35 minutes, remove the lid

15. Set timer for another 15 minutes or until top of bread is brown and crusty

16. After 50 total minutes, take out of the oven and immediately remove the bread from the dutch oven and off the parchment paper and place on cooling rack

17. Let rest for 2 hours before serving