Easy No Knead Bread

You’ll need:

1 Tablespoon instant dried yeast

1 Tablespoon of molasses or honey

1 pint/600mls warm water

5 cups of flour (e.g. 2 wholemeal, 2 white, 1 rye)

Pinch of salt

What you do:

Mix first 3 ingredients together and when it has become frothy add to the flour

Stir with a big wooden spoon or spatula until combined

Spoon mixture into a greased bread tin and stand in a warmish place for about 30-40 minutes (it will only rise slightly)

 

Put into a cold oven, turn on and bake at 190 degrees C (375 degrees F)

Turn out onto a wire rack to cool
This loaf is fairly dense as I used more wholemeal flour and added oats

Variations

Substitute besan/rice/millet flours or a mixture of them in place of a cup of the flours above

Add a couple of tablespoons of ground flaxseeds or ½ cup of oats

Use buttermilk instead of water

Add herbs or caraway seeds to the mixture

Add an egg to the wet mixture if you want a bit of protein

I got this recipe from a friend of mine when I was first married. I hadn’t ever made yeast bread before and she told me the recipe was foolproof.

I was mortified when this ‘foolproof’ recipe failed every time I attempted it so I stopped trying to make it. 

A couple of years later we moved house and I found the recipe and decided to try again and lo and behold it worked. The problem had been the seals on the old oven we had at the time.

A good recipe for a beginner or a child.