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You can't even imagine how easy it is to bake delicious bread at home.

With just 4 ingredients, 5 min of your time and without a machine, you can make bread that looks straight out of the bakery!

This recipe is great for beginners! It is true that it can be a little scary to start making bread.

There is the mixing, the kneading, the rising of the dough ... We have the impression that it will take forever and that we have every chance of going wrong.

Well, this is FALSE! If you think you are unable to bake bread, then this ultra easy recipe is made for you.

4 ingredients, 5 min of work and no need to even knead the dough... and this is what you will serve for dinner:

You've probably seen breads like this at your bakery near you.

They are often called "balls" or "loaves of bread".

The outside is crisp and chewy, while the inside is melting and tender.

This bread is perfect to accompany a soup, to dip in a sauce or to make good hearty sandwiches.

The secret to this incredible homemade bread is a longer proofing time than conventional recipes. So you have to do it in advance.

The rising of the dough will take between 8 and 24 hours. The longer you leave, the better your homemade bread will be.

As a result, you can start preparing your bread the day before your meal or in the morning before leaving for work. In both cases, the result will always be great!

The preparation of the dough itself takes very little time. This makes this recipe much easier to make on weekdays than other classic bread recipes.

Just in pictures, it makes you want to eat it, doesn't it?

Without further ado, here is the super easy homemade bread recipe :

What you need

- 500 g of white flour

- 1 teaspoon of salt

- 1/2 teaspoon of yeast

- 35 cl of hot water (not hot, just hot)

- oil

- 1 container

- 1 wooden spoon

How to do

1. Pour the flour, salt and baking powder into the container.

2. Mix these ingredients for a few seconds with the wooden spoon.

3. Add hot water to the container.

4. Mix for a minute until the dough is smooth and the water is well incorporated. No kneading needed and don't worry if the dough looks funny. It's normal.

5. Cover the container with cling film.

6. Let the dough rest at room temperature for 8 to 24 hours. The dough will make small bubbles like below:

7. About 90 minutes before serving your bread, place the dough on a floured surface.

8. Put flour on the hands and form a ball. To do this, simply pull the edges of the dough on top as below:

9. Let it sit again for about 30 minutes.

10. Preheat the oven to 230 ° and put the dish in which you will bake the bread in the oven to preheat it.

11. After letting the dough rest and preheating the oven for 30 minutes, use a sharp knife to make a cross on the top of the dough.

12. Lightly oil the baking dish. You can use a spray to easily spray the oil.

13. With floured hands, take the dough and place it in the hot dish.

14. Cover the dish with a lid and put it in the oven.

15. Cook covered for 30 minutes.

16. Remove the lid and cook for another 10-15 minutes until the top of the bread is golden brown.

Results

And there you have it, your homemade bread is already ready to be tasted :-)

So, you see, it's really easy to do isn't it? And you will see that it is simply delicious!

Me, I like to let my bread cool for about fifteen minutes before cutting it so that it does not crush.

But if you have an electric knife, you can slice it right out of the oven.

On the other hand, if you don't have a very sharp bread knife, you will have to wait even longer.

But it's worth it, I promise! Especially if you accompany it with homemade butter to eat your toast in the morning. Mmm too good!

Additional advice

- To put the bread in the oven, you can use a cast iron pot or Dutch oven, the bowl of your slow cooker, a deep casserole dish, or any ovenproof container that has high enough edges.

- If your oven-safe container does not have a lid, you can use aluminum foil to cover it.

- You can also form a ball of dough on a sheet of baking paper and put everything in the baking dish. It is even easier to place the bread in the dish.

- A few readers have told me that the pot of their slow cooker has cracked due to the heat in the oven. I have used mine several times and it went well. But I would be remiss if you messed up your slow cooker container. So, it's at your own risk!

Questions answers

Here are some questions that have been asked to me by friends. So I give you my answers below, in case you were wondering the same questions.

And if you have others, do not hesitate to ask them in the comments too.

- Can I make this bread with wholemeal flour? Yes and no. If you replace white flour with wholemeal flour, you will get a much denser bread. It's up to you to see what you prefer.

- Should we let the dough rise for 8 or 24 hours? In fact, the growth of the dough takes place between 8 and 24 hours. It's for you to see. That being said, I think that after 12 hours, the dough has risen enough.

- Should we just let the dough sit on the counter for so long and do nothing else? Yes that's exactly it.

- My dough rose and then fell before I formed the ball. Can I still bake my bread? Yes of course no problem.

- After rising, my dough has become so liquid that I cannot make a ball out of it. What's wrong ? Well, the dough is very soft, but you should still be able to make it into a soft ball by quickly bringing the edges inward. If you can't do it, you may not have put in enough flour to begin with.

- Is it compulsory to use bread flour? No, all-purpose flour works very well. But try to take organic flour anyway.

- Can I not add yeast and use self-rising flour instead? No, sorry that won't work.

- Can I add other ingredients to this bread, such as cheese, garlic or olives? Of course, although you might have to try it a few times and I can't assure you that it will work. Sometimes the crushed garlic interferes with the yeast and the bread doesn't rise as well. Sometimes the cheese also makes the bread a little more moist. I don't have any recipes for making special bread yet but if you've tried share your experience with us in the comments.

- Can I make this recipe with gluten-free flour? To be honest, I don't know since I've never cooked with gluten-free flour. But if you've tried it before, drop me a line.

- Do I have to grease my baking dish? And if so, what if the dish is already hot? Many baking dishes do not need to be greased once they are hot, when you are going to put the dough in. However, yours may need it. The only way to know is to try. In this case, I recommend that you spray the oil with a spray on your baking dish before putting the dough.

Your turn...

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