No Knead French Bread

"I got this from a friend when I was in high school. This is wonderful!! And so super easy! Thanks Kate!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
2 loafs
Serves:
1-20
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ingredients

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directions

  • Dissolve yeast in warm water.
  • In a large bowl mix hot water, sugar, oil, salt and 1/2 of the flour.
  • Stir in yeast mixture.
  • Gradually add remaining flour until it is all mixed in .
  • Leave spoon in dough and let sit 10 minute.
  • Stir vigorously.
  • Let sit 10 more min, then stir again.
  • Repeat until it has been stirred 5 times.
  • Divide dough in 1/2.
  • Roll each half into a rectangle about 9 by 12 inches.
  • Roll up length wise and place seam down on a baking sheet.
  • Optionally brush with egg white.
  • Let rise 30 minute.
  • Bake at 400 for 25- 35 minute.

Questions & Replies

  1. With kitchen aid mixer, use paddle or dough hook?
     
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Reviews

  1. I made half a recipe and, since I don't have a Kitchenaid mixer, stirred it by hand. I admit I was a bit skeptical of how it would turn out--but the bread is delicious, very flavorful, with a soft crumb and crisp crust. It takes some pretty heavy-duty stirring, though! Still, it is easier than hand-kneading, and the result is terrific. Thanks for posting!
     
  2. This recipe has a major error. When it comes time to stir vigorously, the dough is so thick that I can not drive a spoon into it. I’ve had some experience with other “no kneed” bread recipes, so added another cup of water (3 1/2 total) giving me a workable batter. Then I followed the recipe and the result was two, fine loaves of bread! However, stirring every 10 minutes for an hour is not much different from kneading, so why bother?
     
  3. Ok I made this bread with awful results. It was ridiculously hard to vigorously stir as the directions stated. My bread hardly rose at all. It was tough and stuck to my romertopf bread pan. Help, what went wrong?
     
  4. Thanks for posting! It's always fun to see how far recipes travel!! This recipe appeared in the 50's in a cookbook of Favorite Recipes of Pennsylvania Home Ec Teachers. My Mom and I have made this numerous times in years past; it always turned out well. Thanks for reminding me, will have to try it again.
     
  5. ...Elaniemay hit the nail on the head w/ her intro description- this is WONDERFUL & so super easy!!! -lol...I'll add that it is SUPER....a must try ...made for "I Recommend Tag" (and I do recommend this!!!- big time!!) -LOVED IT- TRY IT...thanks Elaniemay!!! :) a great recipe share!!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Impossible unless you add another cup of water (3 total). Then comes out fine.
     

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My Family and I moved to South Africa at the beginning of 2007 to be missionaries. My Husband is the Pastor of a church in Eden Park, a township in the Jo'burg area. We are having a great time. My kids love it (3 of them, 1 born here). We have got to do many exciting things( pet lion cubs, feed giraffes, eat Zebra(gross!)and other meats(Warthog was surprisingly the best, go figure) and swim on a beach with penguins, to name a few). I have always loved to bake but just got into cooking since moving over here. There were a lot of things I couldn't find over here(and still can't) that we were wanting so I started searching for good recipes for everything from sausage, salad dressing and root beer,to enchilada sauce, Macayo's baja sauce(posted), and Applebees hot wings! A fellow missionary turned me on to this site and My husband got me a membership for this last birthday. I am loving it!
 
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