Rustic crusty loaf (Easy No Knead Recipe)

bread flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories.

Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to lukewarm water to feed the yeast.

Add instant yeast to the water and mix well. Let it sit for 10 minutes to activate.

In a large bowl, add 250 grams of bread flour and 250 grams of all-purpose flour.

Add salt to the flour and mix it in.

Make a well in the flour and add the activated yeast mixture.

Using a wooden spoon, mix until combined to form a shaggy dough.

Cover the bowl with a shower cap and place it in a warm spot to proof for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, turn out the dough onto a slightly wet surface and give it a few slap and folds to smooth it out.

Return the dough to the bowl, cover it again, and let it proof for another 45 minutes.

Prepare a pan lined with parchment paper for transferring the dough.

After the second proof, turn out the dough onto a well-floured surface and dust the top with flour.

Knock the dough back and shape it into a flat ball.

Transfer the dough into the parchment-lined pan and dust the top with flour.

Cover the dough with a lightweight dry cloth and let it sit for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 230°C (445°F) with the Dutch oven inside for 30 minutes.

Once the dough has risen, remove the cloth and slash the top with a baker's lame.

Carefully lift the hot Dutch oven out of the oven, place the dough inside using the parchment paper, and cover with the lid.

Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on to trap steam.

After 30 minutes, remove the lid and bake for an additional 5 minutes to crisp the top.

For an extra crispy crust, return the bread to the oven for another 5 minutes without the lid.

Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and let it cool on a wire rack.

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