Grammy's Kitchen · No-Knead Bread · Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread
One of 174 no-knead bread recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #1 of 174 for workability among the no-knead bread recipes we compared. 55 cooks on alexandracooks.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 | 107% | 83% |
| fat | 0% | 4% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 0% | 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.
| 385 g | 385 grams (about 3 cups) bread flour, plus more for dusting |
| 1 g | 1 gram (1/4 teaspoon) instant yeast |
| 11 g | 11 grams (about 2 teaspoons) kosher salt |
| 308 g | 308 grams (about 1 5/8 cups) water |
| Cornmeal, wheat bran, or oat bran as needed |
Method: 5 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Best bread I have made so far. Almost like sourdough, really excellent flavour and crust. I used strong white bread flour as I didn’t have any bran/cornmeal etc. I think this worked wonderfully still. I don’t have a dutch oven so i placed a pot of just boiled ” — a cook
“I had such a great experience with your focaccia recipe so I tried this recipe out because I love artisanal bread. I’m wondering if I should have warmed up the water before mixing it in with the dry ingredients, but the bread did not rise very much, it was als” — a cook