Easy Homemade No-Knead Bread
- Kathryn Bechen
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- Apr 3
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 6
Hello my lovelies!
In response to those of you who emailed me since I have not posted since December, 2024. I am fine; just unexpected happenings that required lots of my focused attention, so my blog simply had to take a break. I am in the middle of preparing a long new blog post with many photos and helpful dollarwise tips you could use in your own homes, but it's not ready yet.
I did manage to update my Resource Room page on my site where you can find articles, forms, etc. that might be useful to you. I will continue to add things to this page so check back periodically to see what's new there.
Also, I updated my Our Cottage-Style Home page with new photos and a bit of explanation with each pic so you can see how our home looks after streamlining it a lot in 2024. If you want to see room details, click on the photo to enlarge it. We have always tried to live pretty simply, but as we age to the end of our 60s, and now fully retired from working full-time, we want even less stuff to maintain, as many people do, so viva la streamlining! Or something like that. :)
Since the world has now entered tariff-land, today I thought I'd quick share our homemade bread recipe so you don't have to spend $6-7 on a loaf of store-bought bread. Lordy! Don't succumb to grocery price-gouging; get creative and do your very best to dance around it and keep that hard-earned money of yours in your bank account or for something fun you really want to do.
Back to my bread. No kneading! It's so easy, my friends. You can use gluten-free or regular flour. The GF flour does not give as much of a rise but it still tastes really good. Since this makes small pieces of bread, rather than a sandwich size slice, we use the small slices kind of like a crostini and they are yummy and fun that way. Great with some nut butter and jam for afternoon tea, or with some tuna salad on top open-face for lunch with a nice little green salad on the side perhaps. You can do this. One loaf of bread for maybe $1-2 sure beats $6 or $7! Nice to take in the car when you travel too, with a jar of nut butter, for a healthier and more dollarwise snack vs. expensive fast food stops.
IMPORTANT: We have found that the best GF flour to use for this bread is King Arthur. They have many; here's the one we used and like.
EASY WHITE BREAD WITH GF OR REGULAR FLOUR
Mix in a large bowl:
3 cups flour
1 t. salt
1 T. honey
1 t. yeast, any kind
1 1/2 cups warm water, BUT it could take up to 2 cups warm water because dough should be tacky, and different flours react differently, so use your best judgement on water amount to get to "tacky." (Steve usually makes this and he says bread making is not an exact science. Amen, sister!)
Then do this:
Once mixed, cover the bowl and let rise 4-24 hours in a warm place. The dough will and should be tacky.
Once risen, put dough on a cookie sheet sprayed with olive oil and shape into the shape you want. Examples: We have made long baguette style loaves as well as round loaves like the pix above.
Spray top of loaves with olive oil (gives a nice brown crusty crust). I do that with my nifty olive oil dispenser, which I love! It's easy to use and to wash. And today, there's even a coupon and we love coupons, yes?!
Bake the loaf at 450 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Preheat oven before you put it in.
When done, remove from oven, let cool, slice in slices and put slices in Ziploc bag to freeze.
Take out the number of frozen slices you want to eat at one time and pop in microwave for one minute. This freezes well.
You can also make these into garlic toasts by spraying olive oil on top with garlic salt and putting in oven under broiler for a bit.
"Give us this day our daily bread." --Matthew 6:11
Blessings as you break your homemade bread,
Kathryn :)
