How to Make Easy No-Knead Bread
Christopher Michel · countryliving.com · 2020 · 8 - 10 serving(s)
Against 136 no-knead bread recipes
Less salt than 82% of recipes and more fat than 85%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 136 no-knead bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 82% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- More fat than 85% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
- Less water than 75% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 79%.
Ingredients (7)
- 1/4 tsp. active dry yeast≈ 0.8 g
- 1 1/4 c. lukewarm water≈ 296 g
- 3 c. bread flour, divided, plus more for work surface≈ 381 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt≈ 6 g
- 3 tbsp. cornmeal≈ 26 g
- 1 tbsp. olive oil≈ 14 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling (or you can just use more kosher salt)n/a
flour 407 gbatter 724 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.
- Water73% · 25th percentile · median 79%
- Salt1.5% · 16th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast0.2% · 19th percentile · median 0.4%
- Fat3.3% · 86th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 35 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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