No Knead Beer Bread
4.8
Ingredients
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Total
- 235 min
Instructions
- 1 Stir together yeast, 1/2 cup flour and warm water in a large bowl. Cover and let sit in a warm spot for about 30 minutes.
- 2 Stir beer, remaining flour and salt into the bowl. Mix until all the flour is incorporated and forms a thick sticky dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 2 hours, until doubled in size.
- 3 Scrape all the dough from the bowl with a rubber spatula, and place on a well-floured surface. Generously flour the top of the dough and form into a loaf shape.
- 4 Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal. Transfer loaf to the baking sheet and sprinkle the top with flour. Cover loosely with a towel and let rise for 30-40 minutes.
- 5 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- 6 Place a small loaf pan of warm water on a lower rack to humidify the oven.
- 7 Slash a long slit in the top of the loaf with a sharp knife or razor. Place the baking sheet on the rack above the pan of warm water in the oven. Bake for 35 minutes, until the loaf is golden brown.
- 8 Transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before slicing and serving.
By John Mitzewich