We always have bread in the house. It doesn’t matter what kind, my family eats it up. Max always squishes his bread into these little balls. Ever since I’ve known him he has done this. And ever since Addie was born she doesn’t eat a piece of bread without having daddy make it into a bread ball. To each their own I guess.
You may have noticed that I’ve started some bread-making adventures. The first was this 4-Ingredient Artisan Bread. We really enjoyed that bread. And I especially liked that the recipe makes 2 loaves instead of just one. Then later I came across this Crusty Bread recipe over at Simply So Good. You make up the dough at night and let it sit until morning and then bake. I’ve dubbed it Overnight Bread here at our house.
Some things of note before you get excited- you do actually have to do a few things in the morning. There’s about an hour worth of cooking involved. And you will need to have a heavy duty dutch oven pot with a lid to make this bread. Don’t ask me why. I’m sure that it has something to do with the heating process inside the pot, but I’m not a scientist. Don’t expect me to explain the world! 🙂
This is a picture of one. You may be able to find a good deal on a Dutch Oven at Amazon HERE. I’ve had one for years and have no idea how much I paid for it.
That’s not the moon! It’s a fresh loaf of Overnight Bread. The very first time I made this, it was gone by the next day. It’s nice and crusty and goes well with soups and pasta. Come to think of it, it goes well with just about anything. I love warm bread right out of the oven with butter.
I’m sure that many of you have made bread before and these are pretty general ingredients. But if you’re not a big bread maker you’ll be glad to know that using only 4 ingredients, one of which is water, it’s really simple (any CHEAP) to whip up. All you need is flour, yeast, salt and water. How much simpler does it get? And the flavor additions are endless! I’ve only tried one variation and it turned out AMAZING!
I made up this loaf with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic salt with parsley flakes, and parmesan cheese. To my surprise, even my non-tomato-eating family absolutely loved it. And I’m talking to the point that it was gone before the day was even over! Of course topping it cheese, who wouldn’t dig in?
Are you ready to make bread yet?
Recipe from Simply So Good.
Prepare this easy bread before you go to bead and bake in the morning!
Ingredients
- 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon yeast
- 1 1/2 cups water
Method
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast. Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12 - 18 hours. Overnight is easiest!
- In the morning, heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating.
- Remove hot pot from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.
Notes
Don't worry about having the perfect bread dough ball. It may look a mess, but magic happens overnight and it will look much better in the morning.
Just be sure there are no big cracks or folds in your dough. I found these aren't mixed well sometimes and once baked you'll end up with a mouth full of flour.
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This bread was so easy and came out amazing!!! Even my non bread eating 3 year old devoured it and asked for more……sadly it was all gone. I have been blessed with 2 cast pots so I guess tonight 2 loaves will be mixed and made in morning tomorrow. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe for super easy delicious bread!!!!
I am so glad that yall liked it Denise! That is a blessing to have two pots. 🙂 We NEVER have any of it left by the end of the day. That’s why I can’t make it too much or we’ll end up like oompa loompas! P.S.- I’ve never heard of a 3 year-old not liking bread, that’s interesting! 😉 But so glad that they liked this!
I am worried about my first loaf that i tried tonight. The dough was so dry that I had to add 1/2 to 1 cup more water
I hope it does its thing anyway. I have tried the Artisian bread recipe but i think i would like this one better. best of luck.