No Knead Bread {Easiest Ever Overnight Recipe} (2024)

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With zero skill or experience required, simply mix 4 ingredients into a dough and leave to prove overnight. You’ll be ready to bake a delicious crusty No Knead Bread loaf to devour in the morning.

Cooking from scratch means we’re usually cutting out a huge list of preservatives and additives in the ingredients list of processed foods.

That is never more true than when it comes to bread.

But I am here to tell you that baking your own bread is honestly SO EASY and the payoff is immense.

There’s just 4 ingredients and a good night’s sleep between you and hot, fresh sliced bread with cold butter and a sprinkling of salt.

Please don’t let the fact that you’re not a baker (or very patient) put you off. It’s such a shortcut to something wonderful – quick and easy No Knead Bread.

Why you’ll love this No Knead Bread recipe

⭐️ Just mix 4 ingredients and leave overnight to prove

⭐ No shaping, no kneading, no additives, no skill

⭐️ Results = delicious homemade goodness (and a sense of achievement)

How we came up with this recipe

I first published this quick and easy bread recipe all the way back in 2014, and it has brought me so much joy over the years.

There really is nothing like freshly baked bread, right? The smell, the texture, the taste… It is also nice to impress your guests with this if you’re hosting.

I haven’t needed to refine this recipe much because the point is that it’s just so simple, as artisan breads usually are.

With just bread flour, sea salt, yeast and a little warm water, we have our delicious dough. Follow the tips below for an easy no-fail recipe that works every time!

No Knead Bread Ingredients list

• Strong white bread flour – You’ll need this type rather than regular flour because it’s processed for making bread and will give you the best texture. You’ll need a little extra flour for sprinkling too
• Fine sea salt – This gives a nice light seasoning to the flavour
• Fast action yeast – This is what makes our bread ready to bake after one night. It’s sometimes called ‘instant yeast’ or ‘quick rise yeast’. It’s usually sold in sachets
• Warm water – This is what binds it all together and turns the mixture into a dough

How to make No Knead Bread

1. Mix the ingredients together well in a large bowl using a spatula or clean hands.

2. Cover with cling film and leave overnight (8-12 hours).

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3. Preheat your oven dish in a very hot oven (at least 220C) for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, sprinkle extra flour onto a piece of baking paper and tip your dough out.

4. Carefully remove the pan from the oven and ease the dough and baking paper into it. Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on, then 30 minutes more without the lid.

Substitutions

• Gluten free – I haven’t tried this yet, but you gluten free bread flour is available at supermarkets if you want to have a go at making gluten free bread

Top tipS

Type of pan

Any saucepan that is large enough, has a tight fitting lid and also can be heated super hot will do fine.

I think results are maybe a tiny bit better with the heavy cast iron pan, but certainly don’t buy one especially.

This is a really good value 4 litre cast iron pan, and is the type that would work perfectly.

How to stop the dough sticking to the bowl

This can be a little tricky when you’re trying to tip the dough out. You need to pull it away carefully from the edges of the bowl to release the ‘seal’.

I use a dough scraper like this one, which is good value and also super useful for lots of little kitchen jobs. You won’t know how you lived without once you start using them!

Try not to handle the dough too much

Touching the dough can make it stickier, so when you’re handling it into the pan, try not to handle it too much if possible.

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