No Knead French Baguettes Bread without Dutch Oven at Home

4 years ago
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Easy to make No knead French Baguettes Bread without using dutch oven.
You will be surprised how easy is to make a delicious and sort of rustic bread at home with just few ingredients. And it really takes no time to prepare it when you start the process evening before and leave it overnight to rise and ferment.
I prefer making french baguettes out of the dough because I love the crunch and let's face it - one loaf will have less crunch than 4 little breads :) But you can make one loaf in a dutch oven pot (baking time will be longer) and you will not have to go thru the shaping process which will save you a lot of time.

Ingredients:
- 3 cups all purpose flour or bread flour
- 1/4 tsp of dry yeast (yes, TSP not TBS, it is surprising that it only takes one fourth of a tsp but it does - do not be tempted to add more;)
- 1 tsp sea salt or kosher salt
- 1 and 5/8 cup of water

TIPS:
- you can play with the amount of water. I made the dough very moist but it is harder to work with because it is very sticky. I like this consistency for lighter bread. If you use slightly less water it will be much easier to work with but it will be denser - no harm in that, try both ways and see what you like.
- The minimum time for rising is 12 hours. I left it even up to 18 one time it was fine. I wake up in the morning and prepare step 2 (it takes 10 minutes at the most). Shape the dough into a bowl and set aside for second rise. I go for my morning walk, come back and dough is ready to work with. The second rise needs 1 and a half hour (if slightly more that's fine as well)
- if you have any bread leftover freeze it right away so it stays fresh. You can reheat it in the oven later

Nutrition facts
4 servings
Calories per serving: 330
Total Fat: 1.5 g
Total Carbohydrates: 66 g
Protein: 9 g
***This is only an approximation***

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