Learning to bake bread after recent dietary restrictions prohibited getting most store bought bread. This is my first attempt at a no knead bread in a dutch oven.
Please recommend me your most effortless loaf recipes!
this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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This is all very helpful advice, thank you! And yes, I should have slashed the top. The recipe I was following didn't include that in the instructions so I didnt do it and in the end it didn't rise as much as I was expecting.
When you say to add butter or oil to the flour, do you mean in the dough or in the flour used when shaping the loaf before baking?
I often kick myself for forgetting to slash the top too :D
If you slash it next time and it still doesn't rise as much as you expect, you might try leaving the dough to proof in a warmer place in your house (I put it where my hot water tank is). If that's not it then it's either a case of leaving it to proof longer (you can put it in the fridge for a slower proof for a couple of days) or your yeast isn't good.
You would want cold butter and to rub it into the flour with your hands until it's like breadcrumbs before adding your liquids/yeast. I usually add about 15-20g (~ 1 tbsp ish) to a loaf with 500g flour. For the olive oil (1-2 Tbsp/15-30ml) I add it just before the water and reduce the amount of water by the same amount.