Grammy's Kitchen · No-Knead Bread · Homemade Ciabatta Bread
One of 174 no-knead bread recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
It ranks #1 of 174 for workability among the no-knead bread recipes we compared. 608 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 174.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 79% | 83% |
| fat | 0% | 4% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 1% | 1% |
| total sugar | 0% | 2% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 130 g | 1 cup (130g) bread flour (I use this), spooned & leveled |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon active-dry or instant yeast |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup (120g/ml) room-temperature water (about 70°F (21°C)) |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon (3g) active-dry or instant yeast |
| 240 g | 1 cup (240g/ml) warm water (about 100–110°F (38°–43°C)) |
| 325 g | 2 and 1/2 cups (325g) bread flour (spooned & leveled), plus more as needed |
| 8 g | 1 and 1/2 teaspoons (8g) table salt |
| olive oil, as needed for coating hands and spatula |
Method: 13 steps, published by sallysbakingaddiction.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Crunchy exterior with a pillow-soft interior. Perfect for avocado toast and very delicious! Not as difficult as I was expecting for a beginner-ish bread maker. But definetly helped me step out of my comfort zone. When it comes to making bread, I’ve usually stu” — a cook
“Ciabatta has been on my baking wish list so I was so excited to see it as this month’s baking challenge! These took me 3 days to complete. Day 1: I made the biga, day 2: I made the dough and day 3: I baked the bread. I let it ferment the longest time suggested” — a cook