ALMOST NO-KNEAD BREAD

I made this wonderful tasting bread. It is like the no knead bread, but you just knead it 15 seconds to make a delicious bread. This bread tastes so good. It is very easy to make. You will need a 6 to 8 qt cast iron dutch oven.

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• food
• bread
• howto
• noknead
• almost
• cooking
• dutchoven
• slowrise

[DOSBoxMom]

I like the idea of using a long sheet of parchment paper in the Dutch oven as both a baking liner and a sling for removing the baked bread; I just hope the parchment doesn't get too brittle to lift from being in the hot oven that long.

[cgtlv]

@DOSBoxMom It does get brittle but you can still lift it. I have baked this at a lower temp just for longer.

[DOSBoxMom]

I wonder if a non-alcoholic "near beer" (f.ex. O'Doul's) would work & be acceptable to the commenter who didn't want to use beer. Otherwise, she might just have to find a different "no-knead" bread recipe which doesn't call for beer as an ingredient.

[cgtlv]

@DOSBoxMom Most of the no-knead bread has no beer. You can leave it out, but it does make the bread taste better. It does not taste like a sour dough bread. You can't even taste the beer. The amount is so little, and it sits for 12 hours to rise.

[camcoop25]

@cgtlv

Not only is it a small amount, there will be no alcohol whatsoever in the bread once it is done baking.

[cgtlv]

@Crunchy68 It is not a sourdough bread. There are a lot of recipes like this without beer. This was from Americas Test Kitchen magazine and they said the beer gave it a better flavor. I don't remember the texture because it has been a year since I made it. Go check Food Wishes dot com. He makes bread like this without beer and shows videos on them on youtube also.

[Crunchy68]

@cgtlv I'm afraid you didn't really answer my question. I don't like the taste of sourdough, and I do NOT want to buy or use beer AT ALL. My question is whether the recipe would work without them, as far as texture goes. (I understand, and hope, that the flavor would be different - more like regular bread and NOT sourdough.)

[cgtlv]

@Crunchy68 I don't drink either, it only takes 3 ounces of beer, so I buy the cheapest beer to use it for the bread and throw away the rest of the bottle.

I use basalmic vinegar sometimes. That makes it taste good too. Maybe use a tablespoon or two.

[Crunchy68]

I like that the bread is kneaded a little, to get smaller holes. Better for sandwiches! But I do not drink, so never keep beer in the house. Also, I don't like sourdough bread. So would this work just as well if I skipped the vinegar and beer, or are they necessary somehow for more than just flavor? Is it a texture thing too?

[elbauzan]

excellent choice in beer i must say. and thanks for the helpful videos on cooking. i think im going to try this next week.