Grammy's Kitchen · No-Knead Bread · Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread

One of 174 no-knead bread recipes we measured

Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread

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★.

hands-on5m
waiting21.2 hr
makes8
each$0.10
levelintermediate

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 174.

this recipe typical
liquid107%83%
fat0%4%
salt2%2%
yeast0%1%
total sugar0%2%
flour strength2.01.0

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 174 for workability

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

385 g385 grams (about 3 cups) bread flour, plus more for dusting
1 g1 gram (1/4 teaspoon) instant yeast
11 g11 grams (about 2 teaspoons) kosher salt
308 g308 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
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