Grammy's Kitchen · No-Knead Bread · New Orleans French Bread
One of 174 no-knead bread recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 174 for workability among the no-knead bread recipes we compared. 17 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 174.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 63% | 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.
| 284 g | 2 1/4 cups bread flour , 10 ounces, plus 2 teaspoons (for sprinkling over sponge) |
| 284 g | 1 1/4 cups water (room temperature, 10 ounces) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast |
| 454 g | 3 1/2 cups bread flour (16 ounces) |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons instant yeast |
| 184 g | 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon water (room temperature, 6 1/2 ounces) |
| 14 g | 2 1/4 teaspoons salt |
| Optional: 2 teaspoons sugar |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.