Best No Knead Bread Recipe
Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2025 · 12 to 14 slices
Against 136 no-knead bread recipes
Less water than 77% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 136 no-knead bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less water than 77% of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 79%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Ingredients (6)
- 3 cups all purpose flour (375 grams)375 g
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (62 grams)62 g
- 1/2 teaspoon instant or active dry yeast≈ 1.6 g
- 9 grams 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt9 g
- 1 1/3 cups water (314 grams)314 g
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (15 grams)15 g
flour 437 gbatter 777 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 136 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water72% · 22nd percentile · median 79%
- Salt2.1% · 71st percentile · median 2%
- Yeast0.4% · 45th percentile · median 0.4%
- Fat0% · 40th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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