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Secret Ingredient No-Knead Bread

This bakery worthy no-knead bread recipe takes 10 minutes of actual work and produces a mouth-watering soft and fluffy loaf with a gorgeously crisp crust!
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword How Do I make No-Knead Bread Recipe, How To Make No-Knead Bread Recipe, No-Knead Bread, No-Knead Bread Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Resting Time 19 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 20 hours 45 minutes
Servings 1 bread
Calories 1428kcal
Author Kathleen

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon instant or rapid rise-yeast
  • 3/4 cup water, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup beer (the secret ingredient!!)
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, salt, and yeast.
  • In a 4 cup liquid measuring cup mix water, beer, and vinegar
  • Gently fold the liquid mixture into the flour mixture, making sure to scrape down to the bottom of the bowl to get all the flour incorporated, until there is no dry flour and a dough begins to form.
  • Cover the bowl completely with plastic wrap and allow to sit out at room temperature for 18 hours.
  • Very lightly flour the counter and turn out dough. Fold the dough over a couple of times in flour. Pull the edges of the dough into the middle.
  • Spread a 18X12 inch piece of parchment paper out on the counter and spray it with nonstick cooking spray. Transfer the shaped dough to the center of parchment. Carefully transfer to a Dutch oven (parchment will hang over edges of Dutch oven). Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to rise until dough has doubled in size, about 1 1/2-2 hours.
  • Adjust an oven rack to the middle position. Remove plastic wrap. With a sharp knife make two 5 inch slashes, 1/4 inch deep, on the top of the dough to make a cross.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Place the lid on the dutch oven, and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the lid and bake 25-30 minutes or until an instant thermometer reads 205-210 degrees, and the crust is nicely golden brown.
  • Remove the bread from the Dutch oven, discard parchment and allow bread to cool completely on a wire rack, about 3 hours.

Nutrition

Serving: 1whole bread | Calories: 1428kcal | Carbohydrates: 292g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3511mg | Potassium: 401mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 17mg