Easy 4 Ingredient Bread
This easy bread recipe only takes 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of hands on time!
Servings: 16 slices
Ingredients
- 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1.5 cups Warm Water
- 1/2 teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, stir together all four ingredients. Mixture will look shaggy and a bit dry. If it seems wet, add a little more flour.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature to rest for anywhere between 8 and 24 hours. Dough will get much wetter and will be full of small bubbles.
- Generously flour a cutting board. Gently tip the dough onto the cutting board, using a spatula to scrape it all out of the bowl.
- Dough will be very soft and wet. Using floured hands, quickly grab the top and bottom edges of the dough and pinch them together in the middle, forming a loaf shape. You can see how to do this in the instructional video.
- Spray or grease a loaf pan. Pick up the cutting board and dust off excess flour, then tip the board gently to allow dough to fall into the loaf pan.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
- Use a sharp knife to make one long slice across the top of the dough. Bake for 50-55 minutes until top is deep golden brown and loaf sounds very hollow when tapped.
- Remove bread from pan and cool at least 15-20 minutes before slicing with a very sharp serrated knife.
Notes
For full instructional video, visit: www.itsalwaysautumn.com/4-ingredient-bread-easy-bread-recipe.html