After watching Mark Bitman's video on a no knead bread recipe almost a decade ago, I've always wanted to try it. I mean who wouldn't want to make bread that looks and tastes gourmet without any hard work.
Here's my dough after mixing in all the ingredients. This step takes about 5 mins. I followed this recipe here which called for 4 cups of flour versus the original recipe of 3 cups. I also added in 1/2 tsp of sugar based on this recipe here. As you can see there's no shortage of folks that have tried this recipe and have added their own tips.
Here's the dough after 12 hours.
This is the dough after I folded it over several times and let it sit for another hour or so. Total time again was about 5 mins. I used a silpat for ease of cleaning.
Here's the bread after cooking in a 7 qt dutch oven. I also put in parchment paper so that I could easily remove it. Not sure how it would be without it but it was very easy to remove with the paper.
Here's the finished product. It tastes as good as it looks.
