Cover the baking sheet, or stone with parchment paper. It is recommended to bake this bread on a stone, however a regular baking sheet will work just fine. Place the dough in a large bowl, cover it well with plastic wrap and poke a couple small holes in the top using toothpicks. The dough will be very sticky and elastic. The dough will seem shaggy at first but keep mixing until you don’t see anymore dry flour. If you do not have a mixer, simply add all the ingredients to a large bowl and using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon mix everything together until all the flour is incorporated. I usually do this for about 5 to 7 minutes. In the bowl of your mixer add all the flour, salt, then pour the yeast mixture over the flour and mix using the dough hook of your mixer, until it’s all well incorporated and the dough comes clean from the sides of the bowl.

If you’re using instant yeast, you do not need to wait for the yeast to activate. For the best results, it’s important that the water is within this temperature range, so you may want to test it with a digital cooking thermometer. To begin, let’s activate the yeast! So mix your yeast together well with the warm water (95☏-105☏) in a medium size bowl. Then for this recipe, all you have to do is make a simple dough, wait for it to rise, and then bake it into delicious artisan loaves. The most important part of any bread recipe is the yeast which needs to be activated properly. The great news is that no Dutch Oven is required for this! This Artisan Bread is similar to my No Knead Bread recipe which requires no kneading and no mixer, but is baked in a Dutch oven. However, if you do not have a mixer, you can simply add the ingredients to a large bowl and mix everything with a wooden spoon until the dough comes together. This is very simple, no kneading required, because the mixer does all the heavy work. It requires only 4 ingredients, and it’s incredibly easy to make. This is the ideal bread for you to start with. It’s a bread recipe that’s perfect if you’re just beginning to bake, and want to try your hand at baking bread. This is a recipe I’ve shared with you over 10 years ago when I first started my blog, and it’s a recipe you guys love. How Do I Know When My Bread Is Done Baking?.

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