# Homemade Bread without Dutch Oven

A simple recipe to make bread at home using common kitchen items instead of a Dutch oven.

- Total time: 100 min
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water

## Instructions

1. Add 4 cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of yeast, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 2 cups of water to a bowl.
2. Mix the ingredients using a spoon mixer until no dry flour is visible and the dough is messy and sticky.
3. Cover the dough and let it rest for one hour, or until its size doubles.
4. After one hour, stretch and fold the dough a couple of times with your fingers.
5. Grab a parchment paper and transfer the dough onto it, flipping it upside down.
6. Place the dough with the parchment paper into a pot.
7. Cover the pot very tightly with foil, doubling the cover to ensure it is sealed.
8. Put the covered pot into a cold oven.
9. Set the oven temperature to 450 degrees Fahrenheit (232 degrees Celsius).
10. Bake for 30 minutes with the pot covered.
11. After 30 minutes, remove the pot from the oven and carefully uncover it.
12. Transfer the bread from the pot to a baking sheet.
13. Return the bread to the oven at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for another 20 minutes to brown the crust.
14. Remove the bread from the oven and enjoy immediately.

## Equipment

- spoon mixer
- parchment paper
- pot
- foil
- oven
- baking sheet

## Tips

- Mix until you don't see any dry flour and the dough is messy and sticky.
- Cover the pot tightly with foil to trap steam, essentially converting it into a Dutch oven.
- Put the pot into a cold oven before preheating.
- Do not wait for 6 hours to eat the bread.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBv7FAKM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/be6e67ab-aab0-4a12-be05-035cf8984d01
- Extracted: 2026-06-22

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