Easy Artisan Bread Recipe | Maxi's Kitchen

This is the easiest, most fool-proof artisan bread recipe! There is no kneading necessary and it turns out SO moist and delicious with a crisp outer crust. I hope you enjoy the video :)! Let me know if you have any questions.

RECIPE:
Thank you @merryboosters for this recipe!

390g (or ~3 Cups) Artisan Bread Flour or All Purpose Flour
2 tsp Sugar
1+1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 tsp Instant or Active Dried Yeast
300ml (1+1/4 Cups) Water

1. In a large bowl, add the flour, salt, sugar and yeast.
2. Give it a good mix to make sure all the ingredients are evenly distributed in the flour.
3. Add some lukewarm water and mix everything together to form a shaggy mass of dough.
4. Cover the dough with a plastic film and let them sit and rise in a warm environment for about 2 hours.
5. After 2 hours, transfer the proofed dough on to a floured work surface. As the dough is very sticky, dust the dough with some flour whenever needed. With the help of a bench scraper or with hands, pull and stretch the dough and fold it on to itself to form a tensive dough ball.
6. Transfer this onto a parchment lined bowl.
7. Cover the bowl with a greased plastic film. Let the dough sit and rise for 35 minutes or until the dough doubles in size.
8. Transfer the dough into a preheated dutch oven.
9. Bake at 450°F for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 400°F and bake for another 10-15 minutes (or until crust is golden brown and crisped). At this point the more you bake the more crispier the crust of the bread will be.
10. You will be rewarded with a bread which is golden brown with crunchy crust on top and soft and tender delicious crumb inside. Enjoy!

Note: If you are making bread on a regular baking tray, STEAM is the key factor for making crusty bread. We need to create a steamy environment while baking. Place a pan with hot water in the lowest rack of oven while baking and spraying with water inside the oven during the initial five minutes of baking to help create this steamy environment inside the oven.

⏲ 10 minute prep time + 2 hour 35 minute rise time + 40 minute cook time

VIDEO SUMMARY:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Measure ingredients
3:51 - Mix dough and let rise
5:10 - Shape dough ball and let rise again
7:44 - Bake bread
9:50 - The reveal!!!
10:48 - Taste test & outro

The kitchen scale I used is linked in my Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/maxiskitchen

Thanks again for watching!