no knead bread

i've waxed poetric about the bittman no knead bread on previous occassions.

it's probably one of the best things i've ever made.
i've brought it to various potlucks and brunches this year.

and every time people are impressed by this bread.

and i've told my husband how easy it is to make

still, he is impressed.
don't you want to impress people?

this bread tastes like you never could have made it yourself,
it's also beautiful to look at fresh out of the oven.
see above.
did i mention it has the most basic ingredients?

i swear you have them in your house.

flours of your choosing

yeast and salt

and water of course, you have water in your house right?

these ingredients will make this dough

and after 18 hours the dough will look bubbly like this

just give it a little knead

and yet another brief rest

and bake it to perfection 

you will be left with bread that is crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside.
delicious on its own, warm from the oven.
eggcellent with nadine and mitch's egg white frittata.
the perfect sweet treat with seedy raspberry jam,
but really best, just with butter. 

Recipe: No Knead Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour (I used 2.5 cups white, 1/2 cup of whole wheat)

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon yeast

1.5 cups warm water

Method:

-mix flour, salt and yeast

-add warm water to flour mixture and mix to a shaggy mess

-cover with plastic, let rest on counter for 8-20 hours (this batch was 18 hours)

-uncover plastic, put some flour on your counter and wet your hands

-remove dough from bowl, knead on flour for 1 minute

-put a floured towel in a bowl, add dough into bowl

-cover with towel, let rest 2 hours

-preheat oven to 450 with a large covered pot for 30 minutes (add a piece of parchment to the bottom of the pot)

-spray parchment with cooking spray

-plop dough onto parchment, it should look rather rustic, so don't worry too much about placement

-cover pot, place back into oven for 30 minutes

-remove lid, bake another 15 minutes

-remove from oven and let cool for at least 15 painful minutes before sampling the genius of your work