Special feature: When toasted, the bread’s coarse grain mimics the butter-absorbing capability of a good, craggy English muffin (hence its name). Process: Beat everything together (an electric or stand mixer helps), pour the batter/dough into an 8 1/2” x 4 1/2” loaf pan, let rise, and bake. Time commitment: About 8 minutes hands-on time 75 minutes start to finish Ingredients: All-purpose flour, water, instant yeast, salt, sugar, baking soda, milk, vegetable oil cornmeal for sprinkling in the pan Thanks to a generous amount of yeast, it rises quickly and yields a loaf with old-fashioned “yeasty” aroma and flavor, wonderful for both toast and sandwiches. ![]() A yeasty loaf for toast: no kneading requiredĮnglish Muffin Toasting Bread is the first loaf of bread I ever made and, decades later, I still make it regularly. Simple, easy English Muffin Toasting Bread is a recipe that's been delighting beginning bakers for well over 40 years. Its relatively large amount of yeast, paired with the high amount of water, make this dough a quick riser - and the bread a great choice when you’re short on time. Lesson learned: Very soft yeast dough rises much more quickly than stiffer dough. Special feature: Speed from bowl to table honestly, who thought you could make a crusty-chewy slab of delicious focaccia in just over 90 minutes? Process: Beat everything together (an electric or stand mixer helps), pour the batter/dough into a 9” x 13” pan, let rise, and bake. Time commitment: About 7 minutes hands-on time 92 minutes start to finish Ingredients: All-purpose flour, water, olive oil, instant yeast, salt, fresh or dried herbs Fresh warm bread for beginners.” Coarse-grained and moist, this bread is perfect for tearing into chunks to soak up marinara or swipe leftover pesto out of your pasta bowl. Susan Reid, my longtime King Arthur test kitchen partner in crime, says Blitz Bread: No-Fuss Focaccia is “… the ideal recipe for the yeast-phobic. If you give yeast dough a long rest (as in this recipe) its gluten will strengthen all on its own, no kneading required.īlitz Bread: No-Fuss Focaccia is sea-salty and herby and soft and chewy and a superb sauce sopper-upper! Thick, chewy, Italian-style flatbread in just over 90 minutes Lesson learned: Gluten, the protein-based substance that enables bread to rise, develops its strength in two ways: by kneading, or over time. Special feature: You’ll make a large amount of dough that’ll live in your refrigerator for up to a week as you gradually portion off pieces for a loaf, rolls, or pizza. Process: Stir everything together with a big spoon, let it rise for a couple of hours, then refrigerate until you’re ready to bake. Time commitment: About 5 minutes hands-on time 6 hours start to finish Ingredients: All-purpose flour, water, instant yeast, salt With over 1,200 5-star reviews, No-Knead Crusty White Bread is the most popular recipe on our site, and for good reason: You’ll produce crusty, chewy artisan-style bread with nothing more than a bowl, spoon, your hands, and four simple ingredients. A crusty-chewy freeform loaf: no experience (or special tools) needed The versatile dough for No-Knead Crusty White Bread can be shaped into freeform rounds, sandwich loaves, rolls - even pizza crust. But if you want to start from the end and work back, no worries all the recipes are within reach, no matter your skill level. I’ve listed the recipes in order of simplicity. Let’s take those first tentative steps together, shall we? The following five recipes allow you to dip your toe into the (lukewarm) water and discover just how relaxing making a loaf of yeast bread can be. Once you become a yeast baker, you’ll never be bored! Before you know it, you’ll find yourself branching off on many different paths, from babka and baguettes to sourdough and sandwich rye. ![]() ![]() So the more loaves you make, the more comfortable you’ll feel about the process, and the better your bread will become. Will following these recipes make you a seasoned bread baker overnight? Not quite “practice makes perfect” is the mantra of yeast bakers. And I’m going to share some really friendly ways to get started: recipes that’ll take you by the hand, no matter how lost you feel, and turn your confusion into confidence. Listen: If you want to bake bread (or rolls, or pizza), you can yeast’s not out of anyone’s league. Are you someone who’s never baked yeast bread (but always wanted to try)? Or you tried and weren’t happy with the results, so never went back?
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