Rustic White Bread Recipes

An easy and effortless bread that you can bake at home. This no-knead bread has got wonderful texture, just look at those air pockets. Read below to learn how to make this rustic white bread with just four ingredients.

I am sure you would have already scrolled through the images and must be wondering how a No-knead bread can have such a fabulous texture.

Believe me or not, this rustic white bread that you are seeing is No-knead and I have spent hardly 5 minutes to put everything together.

Rustic White Bread Recipe Story

No dirtying your hands, no muscle work. But you need to have loads of patience. And when you see freshly baked bread with a lovely crust and a chewy texture, all your waiting would seem worth.

It’s not that I don’t love kneading bread dough. I absolutely love doing that. Bread from my archive Strawberry Focaccia, Turkish Lamb Pide, ARTOS all of these bread needed a good amount of kneading.

But there are times when you are really in a mood to have some freshly baked bread but don’t want to sweat to bake a bread, these kinds of bread come to your rescue.

Rustic Crusty Italian White Bread

This is a very old method of baking bread and predates as much as flour itself. Conventional and popular bread baking involves the procedure of kneading bread. Kneading bread helps in developing the gluten in the bread and that gives bread its texture.

To accomplish the same development of gluten strands, an alternative is to give the dough a lot of time and hydration. Leaving doughs overnight (preferably, allowing till 16 hours) and making a wet dough helps in the natural building of gluten.

No-knead bread thus involves less physical work due to lack of kneading but requires patience as the dough should be allowed to rest much longer.

Fougasse Provençale + Rustic White Bread

The dough is quite wet here. Even the amount of yeast used is quite less. Because of long resting hours, the dough rises enough and also develops good flavor. You might find the dough quite stretchy, this is because the flour gets enough time to absorb the liquid.

Use at least a 4 qt oven for this so the bread can rise and have enough space for all the steam that gets built up. The steam is essential to get a crispy and hard crust.

A dutch oven is preferred over others because of its weight. It holds the heat well for the bread to bake. It also has a heavy lift which does not let steam escape.

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After resting the dough overnight, the dough would appear bubbly but would have flattened at the top (which is normal). the dough needs to be handled with well-floured hands.

Though you might be tempted to start shaping it after 6-8 hours, I would recommend leaving this overnight. The dough needs time for the yeast to do its magic and build the flavor and lightness, characteristics of good bread.

If you find it difficult in shaping the dough, Keep the dough in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. It is comparatively easy to work with refrigerated dough.

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When the dough is still cold, shape the dough into a loaf and let it rest covered on a well-floured surface till it comes to room temperature.

I haven’t tried the refrigeration technique for this particular recipe but this technique is applicable for most Artisan bread. So if you are giving it a try, I would love to hear about your experience.

A simple recipe with a handful of ingredients to getting great bread. This No-knead bread needs no muscle work and still gets beautiful texture with lightness and airiness.

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Buffer Copy Email Facebook Flipboard Hacker News Line LinkedIn Messenger Mix Pinterest Pocket Print Reddit SMS Telegram Tumblr X VK WhatsApp Xing Yummlyis the perfect beginner friendly loaf. You only need 4 ingredients to make it and no sourdough starter. This rustic bread can be made start to finish in a few hours or you can rest it overnight in the fridge.

I’ve made bread so many times so I wanted to create this artisan crusty bread recipe for beginners with all of the tips and tricks.

Short on time? Try this Texas Toast Garlic Bread, Homemade Drop Biscuits without Milk, or super moist Cornbread without Buttermilk. My classic rolled Homemade Biscuits are always a great option too.

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Step 5: Place the dough in a warm spot, like a window sill, near the oven, or even in the oven with just the light on.

Step 6: Let the dough rise for 3 hours. Optional: Place covered dough in the refrigerator overnight or for up to 3 days.

Step 7: If the bread was in the refrigerator, allow it to come to room temperature for about an hour. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees with a dutch oven placed on the middle rack so it can preheat as well. If you do not have a dutch oven, use a pizza stone or baking sheet. See notes.

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Step 8: Using a spatula or plastic bench scraper, loosen the dough from the sides of the bowl by scraping the dough inward.

Step 11: Flip the dough so the folded seam side is down. Use your hand and the scraper to gently tap the dough into a round loaf.

Step 13: Gently twist the loaf with one hand on the side and the scraper underneath onto a sheet of parchment paper.

No Knead Crusty White Bread Recipe

You can also use leftover bread to make croutons, French Toast, Air Fryer Garlic Bread, Air Fryer Grilled Cheese or Oven Toast.

Rustic bread is roughly shaped and not baked in a loaf pan. It is usually made of only yeast, flour, salt, and water. It has an “imperfect” look.

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Rustic Bread Recipe (overnight)

This dutch oven no knead Easy Rustic Bread is the perfect beginner friendly loaf. You only need 4 ingredients to make it and no sourdough starter. This rustic bread can be made start to finish in a few hours or you can rest it overnight in the fridge.

Calories: 188 kcal | Carbohydrates: 38 g | Protein: 6 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g | Sodium: 582 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 1 gThis homemade rustic crusty bread is the most delicious bread that will ever come out of your oven! No kneading or a stand mixer required!

This is the bread recipe that can change your life. I’m serious. Just scroll down and read through the comments and then you’ll believe me. Here are a couple comments among hundreds of rave reviews:

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One of the best bread recipes I have ever made! A real favorite with my family and excellent for sandwiches. Super easy!

I made this recipe for the first time this past weekend and it turned out perfect! It truly was an incredibly easy recipe to follow.

This is the first bread recipe i’ve ever successfully made! It’s delicious and so easy I used active dry yeast, and the working with yeast tutorial was a huge help! great recipe, Mel.

Basic White Rustic Loaf Recipe

This rustic crusty bread recipe is perfect for beginning and expert bread makers alike. It’s like a perfect loaf you’d get right out of a bakery – for a fraction of the cost. Many artisan-type loaves of bread like this take days to make, but this bread recipe only takes a few hours!

A stand mixer, electric mixer or any kind of mixer to make it. Just a bowl and a spoon.From start to finish, it is ready to bake in about 2-3 hours. The crust is golden, thin and crunchy, and the crumb is tender and soft.

It doesn’t have the airy holes of a no-knead type bread, the crumb is tighter and slightly more dense, but it is glorious for paninis, garlic bread or just served plain

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The recipe makes between two and four loaves, depending on how big you want to make them. I usually make two bigger loaves out of the batch, and I like to bake up both loaves the same day and pop one in the freezer for easy access next time we get the hankering for delicious, crusty bread.

In a large bowl, combine the water, yeast and salt. Give it a little mix. And then add in the flour. Make sure to measure the flour with a light hand (or use the weight measure). You can mix with a spoon or spatula; I have been converted to the wonders of this Danish dough hook

The texture of the dough will be shaggy and much softer and stickier than a traditional kneaded bread dough. Make sure there are no pockets of flour and the dough is well mixed.

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At this point, to shape into loaves, I grease my hands really well with cooking spray and split the dough into two pieces (you can make four smaller loaves out of the batch, if desired). Take one of the pieces and work it in your hands, turning the edges underneath until it’s a relatively tight,