Amazing Easy No Kneed Bread
Lets talk about home made, straight from the oven bread. Is there anything better? In my world, there is nothing better. The house smells amazing all day long, the payoff for the wait is amazing, and it is a little piece of heaven right there on the table. If you can even get it where it is still a little warm, oh thats the stuff that dreams are made of. Well, here is an amazing, easy, no kneed bread that will wow even the harshest of critics (the kids I mean).
I love carbs, not even going to try to hide that. I love them them in all forms: pasta, rice, cereal. But my favorite is hands down bread. Sourdough, French, Italian, that super dark that you can get at “fancy” restaurants; there is yet a bread that I don’t love. When it is warm, right out of the oven; simply perfection. But who has time to make home made bread every day? And who even knows HOW to make bread right out of the oven? Yes, some of us fancy bread making machines. Those are great and make lovely home made bread; but it is still not that fresh out of the oven bread.
This was something that I really wanted to learn to do. With the world as it is, I have some extra time on my hands. (You know when not trying to entertain four little human beings, or keep them from killing each other while stuck at home too) Time though. Who has the time? Where do you start to learn? Well, my wonderful amazing neighbor must have heard my thoughts. She brought me over a lovely, hot, fresh loaf of bread for our dinner one night. I was in love!
This bread is so easy to make. It doesn’t take all day to make. You won’t be spending hours kneeding the dough. And you will have a perfect, lovely loaf of bread for your dinner table. (Best part, is this actually makes 4 loaves, so you will have bread ALL WEEK by making it once)
What you will need:
- 3 Packets of Instant Rise Yeast
- 11 Cups of Flour
- 5 – 5 and 1/2 Cups Warm Water
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- 3 Tablespoon Sugar
A few notes about what I have learned:
- If you don’t have instant rise yeast- make sure that you “activate” your yeast BEFORE you start working. Yes I know that many people have great luck by just adding it to the dough and moving on. This has not been my experience. So before you get started:
- empty all packets into a bowl
- Add 3 Teaspoons of sugar
- Add 3/4 Cup of warm water
- Mix until dissolved
- Let sit while you gather the rest of the ingredients. It should expand and foam
- It doesn’t matter the type of flour that you use. I like bread flour, it makes a slightly chewier bread. But All purpose works beautifully too
Lets get down to it –
Making Amazing Easy No Kneed Bread:
- Get yeast ready – If needed
- Mix remaining dry ingredients (Sugar, Salt, Flour)
- Add yeast
- Add Water
- Mix until combined
- This will be VERY VERY sticky. You don’t have to kneed or mix for long. Just until everything is combined.
- Grease (4) loaf pans
- Grease pans with butter. When you think you have greased enough, double the amount!! All the way to the top of the pans, it makes it so much easier to pop the bread out.
- Divide dough into each of the 4 pans
- Let rise 30-120 minutes. Bread is done rising when it has doubled in size and reaches the top of the loaf
- Cover loosely with a kitchen/dish towel
- If your house is cold, or your running your a/c try this method
- Place rising dough in oven
- Place a bowl of boiling water into the oven
- Close oven allow to rise WITHOUT opening oven
- Preheat oven to 350
- Bake bread for 30-40 minutes. It will be golden brown when done.
That is it!! It is a great bread for just about any occasion, to go with any meal, and everyone feels so spoiled. I have had this ready from start to finish in as little as 90 minutes (when everything goes perfectly). That includes: mixing, rising, and baking! Can’t go wrong with this easy no-kneed bread.
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Mary
You actually made this look so easy and I have been inspired by you to try it out.
Kat Ryan
It is so easy!! You can totally do it. Let me know how it turns out
Angelica
I’ve always wanted to make my own bread so I’ll definitely be trying this out!
Kat Ryan
YEA!!! Let me know how it goes. You totally got this
Sarah Emery
The side tip about activating yeast is a super hack! Great recipe!
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Kat Ryan
I am so glad it helped. I had no idea about it, so once I found that I wanted to share.
Mohamed
That easy! Since there’s fear everywhere concerning taking food made by people we don’t even know, this is a perfect post to teach us how to prepare our own bread.
I love this. Thank you
Kat Ryan
It really is that easy!! And it is always a good skill to have
Antonia
I love bread. This one seems to be so easy to make and with that a delicious one. I’ll need to try it out the next time.
Kat Ryan
Yes please, and let me know how it goes!!
Alyssa
Bread is definitely a staple food here in our household. I love how detailed and easy to follow your instructions are. Thank you for this!
Kat Ryan
Thanks for the compliment. Let me know if you end up giving it a try
Cathy
I’m gonna try this recipe for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Surabhi
Great recipe. Looks so easy. will definitely try it out
Kat Ryan
WONDERFUL!! Let me know how it goes
Ashten
Wow this sounds a lot easier than it looks! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Kat Ryan
It really is!!!
Retirestyle Travel
This sounds yummy. Bread is comfort food
Kat Ryan
100% agree with this!!!
Monidipa
You made it look so easy, I’ve been trying since a long time but I’m unable to. May be this will help.
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Kat Ryan
I hope so. This is a really forgiving easy bread to make. You got this
Eswari
This looks super easy. I will definitely try this recipe.
Marjie Mare
You really made this look so easy. Now I can’t wait to try on my own. Thanks for sharing.
Renata
This is amazingly easy. I did make bread before but it was lots of work. And the one from the machine wasn’t that good. I’ll try this now.
Kat Ryan
It is so easy. With 4 kids, I can’t do the ones that are lots of work, all day long. Need something easy and fast
Puja
You make it look really easy. Will try it
Denisa
We love homemade bread and yours look so delicious!
Kat Ryan
Well thank you so much. Nothing better then homemade bread
Katrina M Adams
I want to learn how to make homemade bread!! Looks so good!!
Kat Ryan
You can totally do it with this recipe. It is super easy and forgiving