Easy OVERNIGHT Bread

Bread making continues to be an ongoing practice for me.  Trying to find an easy,but good method has become a quest. This Easy Overnight Bread recipe that is so popular produced a fair product that was crusty. It is worth it to have the smell of freshly baked bread in the house. I made it a few times and adjusted the ingredients to make it even easier. My nonna would approve of this Easy Overnight Bread.

These no knead bread recipes are quite popular. It’s interior is bubbly and the bread is quite tasty.  All of these recipes are basically the same.  You simply mix the flour,yeast and salt in a bowl then follow  with the water, stir and let it sit overnight the magic happens in the preheated Dutch oven.  The Dutch oven works by raising the heat and increasing the humidity. This is a great article on the science behind the Dutch Oven https://www.seriouseats.com/2011/06/the-food-lab-the-science-of-no-knead-dough.html

INGREDIENTS easy overnight bread

• 3 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons Mediterranean salt 
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water 

Process

In a large bowl stir together the flour, salt and yeast until all combined. 

Next add in the warm water and mix with a wooden spoon. The dough will look quite sticky. 

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise overnight. 

Take the dough out of the bowl and place it on a floured surface. Need a few times until you form a round dough ball. Have a little extra flour on hand to add to the dough until it loses its stickiness. 
Now sprinkle a little bit of flour on top of the door ball and then turn it upside down onto a piece of parchment paper. I try to shape the dough into an even Circle. 

Add a little more flour to the top and cover the dough up with some plastic wrap while the oven heats up.  
Place any type of a Dutch oven into a 450 Fahrenheit oven. Heat the Dutch oven for 30 minutes. Carefully remove the Dutch oven from the oven. Remove the plastic wrap from your dough. Lift the dough up using the parchment paper and place it in the Dutch oven. Cover the Dutch oven with the lid and return to the oven to bake for 30 minutes

Remove the Dutch oven lid and cook for another 15 minutes. You can decide your desired level of colour that you want on your crust. If you want to cook more leave it in 5 to 10 minutes longer. Beautiful crust and moist interior. Look at those air bubbles.

Sliced with some butter.

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