No Knead Bread
I was gearing up to put together some chicken piccata for dinner and realized that I had run out of bread dough. I make big batches of it and keep in the fridge for quick little loaves that I bake in the air frier.
WOW! I was faced with chicken piccata without fresh Italian bread! Who ever heard of such a thing? So I scratched my bald head a little and thought, what the hell, just charge on and throw together a small ball of dough and take a shot with it.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 3/4 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup flour
Making the Dough
I set the oven at 475°F and whisked some yeast and a little salt in a small bowl of warm water.
Then used a fork to whisk and stir in the flour until I had the dough. I put the bowl on the back of the stovetop so it would get the warmth from the oven heating up to speed up the rising process.
Baking
When the oven had gotten hot – about twenty minutes – the dough had started to get puffy. I spread a little cornmeal on the pizza stone that is always in our oven. You could use flour if you don’t have any cornmeal. And, putting a sheet pan or a cast iron skillet in the oven when you start it heating up will also work.
I stretched the ball of dough a little, laid it out on the pizza stone and cut a slit on the top. After about fifteen minutes it looked like this. I tapped the bottom of the loaf and got that hollow sound that tells you that the loaf is ready. It’s not ready to slice up and serve until you get that hollow sound.
Then I sliced up our No Knead Bread and had more than we would eat in one sitting. So I put the extra in a zip-loc in the freezer. I’ll zap a slice or two in the air frier when we need it.
I might not make my bread dough any other way from now on.
No Knead Bread - Super Easy and Fast
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup warm water appx
- 3/4 tsp dry yeast appx
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup flour appx
- 1 large pinch corn meal
Instructions
- Set the oven at 475°F. Warm up the bowl that you are going to use for the dough under the hot water tap in your sink. Add the warm water. Just warm, not real hot. Real hot water will kill the yeast and the dough won't rise. Add the yeast and whisk until it is dissolved. Let it sit until bubbles start to appear.Then use a large fork or spoon to stir in the flour until you have the dough. Put the bowl on the back of the stovetop so it will get the warmth from the oven heating up to speed up the rising process.
- When the oven has gotten hot, the dough should started to get puffy, about twenty minutes. I spread a little cornmeal on the pizza stone that is always in our oven. You could use flour if you don't have any cornmeal. And, if you don't have pizza stone you could put a sheet pan or a metal skillet in the oven when you start it heating up.
- I stretched the ball of dough a little, laid it out on the pizza stone and cut a slit on the top. After about fifteen minutes it looked done. I tapped the bottom of the loaf and got that hollow sound that tells you that the loaf is ready. It's not ready to slice up and serve until you get that hollow sound. Then I sliced up our No Knead Bread and had more than we would eat in one sitting. So I put the extra in a zip-loc in the freezer. I'll zap a slice or two in the air frier when we need it.
Oh man! I wish I knew about letting it sit for two minutes in the water. I just read that comment after I’ve been sitting waiting for my dough to rise. Oh well!
Thank you, I will try again next time.
The only things that I can think of that would keep it from rising a little in the bowl at the back of the stove is the water not being warm enough to start. Make sure that the water is pretty warm, not hot, before you whisk in the yeast. Try letting the yeast and water have about two minutes together before you add the flour. Hope this helps. Please let me know how this works out. If it doesn’t I’ll stick with you and we will find a way to make this work for you. I do it often and lots of readers have told me that it works for them so, we can make it work for you too.
are you letting the dough rise and get puffy before shaping it into a loaf and putting it in the oven?
Tried this recipe multiple times. Does not work.
Glad you liked it Elliot. Thank You!
Very impressed. Was super easy and quick for that homemade restaurant bread taste! Will definitely keep this and double recipe next time for more.
Nice job!!!
Excellent!
I doubled the recipe and made one longish loaf. I lost count on the number of 1/4 cups of flour I added to the water mixture so my loaf had either 1/8 cup too little or too much flour but it came out great! Baked at 475 F for 17 minutes. Two more minutes may have made the crust a little crispier.
Thank You! I’m glad that you like it. Also try my recipe focaccia bread recipe. It is so good it is almost addictive Here it is. https://poppopcooks.com/italian-focaccia-bread/
I’ve made this bread many times and each time has been wonderful. Its amazing and quick to make too!! I love this receipe so much!
How does it get that white floor look on top? Does it cook and form that or is that something you put on it after
Yes I have doubled it and it works fine, I don’t add sugar and yeast does not need sugar to work. I have heard of it being added when the water being used does not taste good.
Have you done double the recipe? And I am surprised there isn’t sugar in the starter with the yeast. I thought yeast always needs a little bit of sugar for rising?
In a word, Yes. Both will work very well.
So I am about to make this, but am curious if I could use Bread flour and fast acting yeast?
Thank you! Glad that you like it Katie. WE also keep some of the dough in the fridge and break off a wad and put it in the air frier for some “hot out of the oven” bread on a busy weeknight.
My husband and I loved this recipe! The bread was soft with a great crust. We will definitely make this again! Thank you poppop!
Good point. Thank you.
You really should have included the steps you typed out specifically into the recipe rather than just the text before
Thank you, Leigh Things that would cause it not to rise..1. Turn your oven on first. – 2.The bowl that you are going to make the dough in needs to be warmed up under hot running water before you add the warm water. 3.Water for the dough not warm enough. Test it as it’s coming out of the tap with your fingers. It should be warmer than body temp but not so hot that you can’t keep you finger there.4 not enough yeast or old dead yeast. — Put the dough on the back the stove top where the oven vents out to get a quicker rise. hope this helps ask again if i can help.
Thank you so much for this recipe! even though mine did not rise, the bread came out pretty good for something so quick.
Thank you Joan! Make it!
Love it!!
It just had about 10 minutes in the situation that I found myself in and it turned out real good. It had just a little bit of puffiness on the top surface and it still turned out great. Traditional recipes say that until it doubles in size (1-2 hours). When I used to make big batches and then keep it in the fridge I would let it sit overnight and then put it in the fridge in a Tupperware with the lid on it. But i’m doing it like this from on.
How long should the dough rise?