Cheesy No Knead Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while processed cheese is often less expensive.

jalapeños

🥗Healthier: bell peppers

💰Cheaper: banana peppers

Bell peppers are milder and lower in calories; banana peppers are often cheaper.

Mix together 3 cups of bread flour, 2 teaspoons of instant yeast, and 1.5 teaspoons of coarse kosher salt in a bowl.

Add 1.5 cups of very warm tap water to the dry ingredients and mix until combined, forming a shaggy ball of dough.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rest for 2 to 3 hours in a warm place until doubled in size.

30 minutes before the dough is ready, preheat the oven to 450°F and place a Dutch oven with its lid on inside to heat up.

After 2 hours, flour a clean surface and turn out the dough onto it.

Reserve a third of the 2.5 cups of shredded cheese for topping, and fold the remaining cheese into the dough, folding it four times to incorporate the cheese.

Prepare a piece of parchment paper and roll the dough onto it, adding the reserved cheese on top as a crown.

Carefully remove the hot Dutch oven from the oven and lift the dough with the parchment paper into the Dutch oven, replacing the lid.

Bake for 35 minutes with the lid on, then remove the lid and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

Let the bread cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into it, allowing the crust to set.

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