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Easy No Knead Bread Recipe – Homemade 4 Ingredient Bread

Easy No Knead Bread Recipe – Homemade 4 Ingredient Bread

This easy no knead bread recipe is a tasty homemade 4 ingredient bread you and your family will love! The simple recipe is perfect for first time or experienced bread makers.

This easy no knead bread recipe is a tasty homemade 4 ingredient bread you and your family will love! The simple recipe is perfect for first time or experienced bread makers.

Who doesn’t love homemade bread? Especially rustic artisan bread! Some bread recipes are complicated and difficult top make, but this no knead bread recipe is both easy and delicious! It turns out a wonderful rustic bread with a firmer crunchy outside, but is delightfully soft on the inside!

If you don’t know how to make homemade bread, try this easy recipe! And if you already know how to make bread, this recipe is a basic no-nonsense recipe that won’t take all of your time so you can move on to other things!

Easy No Knead Bread Recipe – Homemade 4 Ingredient Bread

This no-knead bread recipe makes an easy homemade rustic artisan bread. With just 4 ingredients,

2 cups warm water (110°)
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. or 1 pkg. yeast
4 cups all purpose flour

Mix salt, yeast and water. Stir until dissolved. Add flour. Mix until well blended. Cover in a bowl with plastic wrap, leaving a small hole in the plastic wrap. Let rise 2 hours.

Sprinkle a small amount of flour on top and punch down. Divide dough in half to make two balls, using just enough flour so you can make each into a ball. It will be sticky. Fold the edges under to form a smooth top. Let rise on parchment paper on a cookie sheet for 40-50 minutes until doubled.

Optional: Put melted butter on top with some sesame seeds. Score the top of the bread with a knife. Place an oven-safe pan with 1 cup of water in oven. (The steam this creates will give the bread a chewy, crispy crust.)

Preheat oven to 450° and bake 30 minutes.

 

No Knead Bread In A Dutch Oven

If you like, you can make this easy no knead bread in a Dutch oven with a few easy modifications. Instead of rising the dough as in the main recipe, simply follow these instructions:

To rise, place dough in a parchment paper lined bowl (not wax paper) and cover with a towel. Let stand on countertop for about 35 minutes.

Place Dutch oven with lid into a cold oven and preheat to 450°. When oven reaches 450°, carefully lift the parchment paper and dough and place gently into the hot pot. (Parchment paper goes in the pot too.) Cover and bake 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove lid and parchment paper. Return, uncovered, to oven and bake 10-15 more minutes. Let it cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.

 

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  1. Christine

    April 27, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    OMG! This bread is SO good! I doubled it and used the hot water in the oven method for baking. Delicious! My whole family loved the bread!

    Reply
  2. Sheila B

    April 28, 2020 at 8:55 am

    I’m confused. How is this sourdough when there’s no sourdough starter.

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 28, 2020 at 1:57 pm

      Sheila here is what I think you are looking for read the first part above the recipe and I think it will explain it Easy No Knead Sourdough Bread

      Reply
      • Sheila B

        April 29, 2020 at 8:46 am

        Thanks. I was looking at the wrong one. Sorry.

        Reply
        • Jill

          April 29, 2020 at 9:36 am

          No problem Sheila- we have so much stuff on the website it is easy to do. Just holler if you have more questions. : )

          Reply
  3. Valerie J

    December 2, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Made it tonight. My family loved it and it was so easy!!!

    Reply
  4. Pat

    February 23, 2022 at 10:07 pm

    I’ve never made bread before and would love to try it. It sounds delicious, but I’m confused about one thing.
    You said to mix it. Do you have to have a mixer with a bread hook? If so, are there any bread recipes that you
    can make without one? I only have a hand mixer. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jill

      February 24, 2022 at 10:24 am

      No Pat you don’t. I am a cookbook author and have never owned any kind of stand mixer with a hook because they take me more work to clean than a little hand mixer. You can if you need to do it all by hand. What I do though is I mix up up most of the ingredients with a hand mixer including part (about 2 cups) of the flour. Then I hand stir the last 2 cups of flour in just because it is easier. The dough hooks on a stand mixer are usually for kneading the bread so since this is no knead you don’t need one for sure. Relax and have fun with it and if you have any questions just holler.

      Reply
      • Pat

        February 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

        You are a sweetheart for answering me so soon. Thank you! I can’t tell you how excited I am to give
        your bread a try. Wish me luck! And again, thank you very much. Pat

        Reply
      • Kathlyn Barnes

        March 2, 2023 at 8:09 pm

        Loving the comments of how good this bread is and can’t wait to try it! Can it be made with whole wheat flour or any other flour besides white?

        Reply
        • Jill

          March 3, 2023 at 10:17 am

          It is not always really easy to just trade whole wheat flour for all purpose white flour in many recipes. You could maybe try to do half whole wheat and half white.

          Reply
      • Valencia

        March 2, 2023 at 8:52 pm

        What type of cup to use in an oven.

        Reply
        • Jill

          March 3, 2023 at 10:19 am

          You place 1 cup of water into a separate pan – it is the measurement of 1 cup and not a drinking cup. Hope that makes sense.

          Reply
  5. Lisa Kavanaugh

    February 24, 2022 at 6:44 am

    Another method that works(because I’m lazy when it comes to kneading bread lol) take any basic bread recipe and for the first rise, only add 1/2 – 3/4 the flour. Should be like thick stew consistency. After an hour….. or two if you forget, mix in the last of the flour. Now at this point, I usually bake a batch of rolls for dinner and refrigerate the rest of the dough for later. Or you can let rise a second time and go from there. My kids usually spend the next few days pulling off a chunk from the fridge to make a quick fry bread for a fast meal or snack. Works for our busy family!

    Reply
    • Jill

      February 24, 2022 at 10:27 am

      Thanks for the great ideas Lisa.

      Reply
    • Pat

      February 26, 2022 at 10:05 pm

      Thanks, Lisa. That’s a great tip. Now I just need someone to ‘remind’ me to add it. HA! Thanks for
      answering. Appreciate it.

      Reply
    • Joyce

      August 12, 2022 at 2:56 am

      I didn’t realize you could refrigerate dough. This is a great hack. I am single and love the idea of being able to have the dough for making small batches. How long does it keep in the fridge?

      Reply
      • Jill

        August 12, 2022 at 8:45 am

        It can last around 3 days but it usually is best if you can use within 2 days

        Reply
  6. Patty

    February 24, 2022 at 11:52 am

    Jill, I’d like to try this bread tonight, but I only have Rapid-Rise yeast. Will that work? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jill

      February 25, 2022 at 9:17 am

      Yes it will sorry Patty I was sleeping when this came in : )

      Reply
  7. Patricia

    February 25, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    I’m diabetic doctor told me not to eat bread, can I use any other kind of flour other than regular flour?

    Reply
    • Jill

      February 26, 2022 at 7:49 am

      I think there are Patricia (maybe buckwheat and oat) but you may have to just google it.

      Reply
  8. Melodie Louise Shumaker

    March 2, 2023 at 12:55 pm

    I’ve been making bread for years but would like to try this recipe. However I don’t have parchment paper. What can I use instead?
    Melodie

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 3, 2023 at 10:13 am

      We suggested parchment paper because the dough is very sticky. You could try greasing a piece of wax paper really good or place it on a very well greased and floured pan. Be sure to grease it out around the edges because it will spread as it rises.

      Reply
      • Melodie Louise Shumaker

        March 8, 2023 at 8:36 am

        Thanks Jill, I will try that.
        Melodie

        Reply
  9. Ann

    March 3, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    Could I use a bread maker on the dough cycle to mix and for the first rise then make divide and form for the second rise?

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 6, 2023 at 8:42 am

      I am not sure Ann because I don’t use a bread maker but I don’t know why you couldn’t

      Reply
  10. Birdie

    March 4, 2023 at 6:00 pm

    Hello Jill.
    Try mixing this dough with the wooden end of a French whisk; until the flour is incorperated. I do that when I make quick or no knead bread. It works like a charm.
    Birdie

    Reply
    • Birdie

      March 4, 2023 at 6:08 pm

      p.s. I’ve also baked this type of bread in the parchment/tin bowl that I let rise. Nifty and neat.

      Reply
  11. Melissa

    March 10, 2023 at 5:49 pm

    My oven only goes to 400 how do I adjust this to make this bread?

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 11, 2023 at 8:11 am

      Melissa just bake it at the highest your oven will go. The crust of the bread may be just a little softer but not by much and should be fine.

      Reply
  12. Debbie Primo Charron

    March 19, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    What size Dutch oven is used to make this bread ? And is it a cast iron dutch oven?

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 20, 2023 at 11:11 am

      A Dutch oven is usually that 5-6 qt. size pan that comes with most pan sets. It doesn’t have to be cast iron.

      Reply

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