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There is nothing better than a loaf of fresh-baked bread and this Artisan Bread Recipe is OUTSTANDING! You’ll find the easiest Homemade Bread Recipes with Yeast in this post, you won’t believe how simple!
I’ve baked over 12 loaves of this bread and each time it comes out exactly the same, delicious with a crusty outside and chewy inside.
Now to slather on the bread I’ve made some compound butter I think you’ll enjoy.
These are great for gifts giving too!
Just about this time every year,
the question gets asked,
“What gift are you giving?”
whether it’s for a teacher, friend, neighbor.
This is a wonderful gift.
If you don’t believe me, make some…
send it to me and see if I complain… not at all going to, it’s so delicious.
In addition to the Artisan Bread Recipe,
you’ll find below, be sure to check out these great tasting butter recipes too.
If you don’t believe me, make some… send it to me and see if I complain…at all.
Three great things about this gift:
- it’s easy to make
- it’s not expensive
- its butter, need I say more
Yes,
these items can turn into the perfect gift.
Bake a fresh loaf of artisan bread, all crusty on the outside and tender inside,
you know just about the most delicious bread ever…
and there is no kneading involved.
You can bake the bread in parchment-lined baking pans, dutch ovens or anything you like,
you can bake them covered with foil or a lid for the first 30 minutes then you’ll remove the “lid” for the remaining 30 minutes.
YOU DO NEED TO MAKE THE DOUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE,
please don’t think you’ll have this bread baking up in an hour.
You need to let the dough rise OVERNIGHT.
It’s totally worth it and so easy and no kneading involved.
I’m hooked on this bread. I’m not sure I want todivulge just how many loaves of bread I’ve made and eaten in the past two weeks. I’ll just say it’s over a dozen 🙂
The bread recipe is very simple.
It only takes about a minute to put together, then you let it rest overnight and bake it the next day.
No kneading, no double proofing, it’s so easy you just have to make some just so you can say.
Wow, it is easy.
I love the texture of this bread, it’s like those delicious rustic bread you see in the specialty section of bakeries.
If you aren’t a baker and don’t want to make bread, you can buy a nice loaf of that specialty bread I just mentioned to go along with the butter, or you could just give the gift of butter.
This is no ordinary butter, it’s really delicious. Have you been to a restaurant and been served honey butter with bread before your meal? You know the butter you can’t stop eating. Well, that happens to me, I just figure it happens to everyone.
Orange Honey Butter… so just whip around some butter, with a few ingredients and you’ll be enjoying this butter in no time.
You’ll need the zest of the orange and a Tablespoon of the juice along with a tablespoon of honey to create this delicious butter.
Orange Honey Butter
1/2 cup butter
1 orange, zested
1 Tablespoon orange juice
1 Tablespoon honey
Whip room temperature butter until it’s smooth and creamy. Add to it the orange juice, zest, and honey.
Place in 4 oz. glass canning jar and secure with lid.
Write on parchment paper the flavor of butter with a permanent marker.
Really if you hand someone this, they won’t be thinking anything but ” How long do I have to wait to eat this?”
I made two other varieties of butter, for some other ideas. Of course feel free to put anything you like into the butter, favorite fruit, herbs or seasonings.
Blackberry Butter
1/2 cup butter
6 Blackberries
1 Tablespoon honey
Puree and strain blackberries, so there are no seeds. (I ended up with 1 Tablespoon blackberry puree) Whip butter and add the blackberry puree along with honey. It’s such a pretty color!
Place in 4 oz. glass canning jar and secure with lid. Write on parchment paper the flavor of butter with a permanent marker.
JalapeñoCilantro Lime Butter
1/2 cup butter
1 jalapeño (roasted and diced)
1 Lime, zested
1 Tablespoon lime juice
1 Tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro
whip butter until smooth, add to it the diced roasted jalapeño,cilantro, lime zest, and lime juice.
Place in 4 oz. glass canning jar and secure with lid. Write on parchment paper the flavor of butter with a permanent marker.
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Artisan Bread Recipe (rise overnight)
Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon instant yeast
- 1½ cup lukewarm water
Instructions
In a medium bowl or the bowl of a mixer, combine the flour salt and yeast.
Add water and mix with a spoon or mixer, until all ingredients completely combined.
Cover the bowl and allow it to rest overnight.
Line baking pan or Le Creuset Pot with parchment paper.
Flour your hands and scoop the dough into a ball and place it in the baking pan. No kneading necessary.
Cover the dough with foil or lid if using a Le Creuset Pot.
Do not preheat the oven.
You turn the oven on as you are putting the dough into the oven at 450 degrees for 30 minutes.
Then remove the lid or foil and bake another 30 minutes.
Allow bread to rest 5-10 minutes or the steam inside will make the bread seam soggy when sliced.
From simple sandwich bread to snacking and everyday bread with homemade butter check out my 2 loaves of white or wheat bread recipes
Artisan Bread with compound butter recipes 3 flavors of butter
