# No-Knead Bread

An incredibly easy, fast, and delicious recipe for fluffy and airy homemade bread.

- Total time: 230 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 teaspoon instant dried yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 550 ml room temperature water
- 575 g plain all purpose flour
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 0.5 cup iced water

## Instructions

1. Add yeast, sugar, and water to the bowl.
2. Mix together very well.
3. Now add flour and salt.
4. Mix the ingredients until it forms a dough.
5. Fold the ingredients very well so there are no clumps of flour.
6. Leave the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
7. Add the olive oil and rest for another 30 minutes.
8. Fold the dough and rest for 30 minutes.
9. Fold the dough again and rest for 30 minutes.
10. Fold the dough one more time and rest for 30 minutes.
11. Make sure to flour all the surfaces so the dough doesn't stick.
12. Divide the dough into even portions.
13. Shape the dough gently as to not pop the bubbles in the dough.
14. Cut the bread and leave it to rest on the baking tray for 15 minutes.
15. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
16. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (400°F) for 20 minutes.
17. Add ½ cup of iced water to the oven tray while baking for best results.

## Equipment

- bowl
- oven
- baking tray

## Tips

- Folding and stretching the dough helps trap air, which creates beautiful bubbles inside.
- Resting the dough helps it ferment and form beautiful pockets of air when baked.
- Flour all surfaces so the dough doesn't stick because it is very sticky.
- Shape the dough gently as to not pop the bubbles.
- Preheat the oven fully for a crusty outside and a soft fluffy inside.
- Add ½ cup of iced water to the oven tray while baking for best results.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRg7k4JP7Fw
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/608a0813-d359-416c-b4b8-606126fde06b
- Extracted: 2026-01-04

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