# Super Easy Homemade Peasant Bread

A super simple and super delicious homemade bread recipe, perfect with salted butter.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- butter

## Instructions

1. Whisk together flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in a bowl.
2. Add lukewarm water and stir to combine until a dough forms.
3. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm spot for 1.5 to 2 hours or until doubled in volume.
4. Use two forks to release the dough from the sides of the bowl.
5. Use the forks to split the dough in half.
6. Transfer each half to a buttered 1-quart glass bowl or similar vessel.
7. Let the dough rise again for 20 to 30 minutes.
8. Transfer the bowls to the oven and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until golden all around.
9. Let the bread cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing and serving.
10. Slice the bread.
11. Spread good salted butter on a slice of bread.

## Equipment

- bowl
- spatula
- forks
- glass bowl
- oven
- oven mitts
- cooling rack
- knife
- wooden board

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPyjQVVDQoy/?igsh=cWNzdzI4NHZsYmM2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/71193fad-c024-43a8-a8bf-ebeb29854e7e
- Extracted: 2025-10-16

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