Good Morning Bread.......

Happy Saturday Morning......


Fresh baked bread for the family this morning! I mixed it up last night and let it rise overnight. It is a super easy recipe, you just mix it up, rise for 8 hours, cook and eat!! My vulture children are literally standing in the kitchen trying to eat it hot out of the oven! I made mine without the nuts and flaxseed mixed it (because I don't have any).....no matter, tastes just as good!

Try it out! Enjoy!
Val

https://houseandhome.com/recipe/donna-hays-no-knead-seeded-morning-bread/

Once you mix in all the ingredients....the dough should be moist but not wet and it should all come together in the bowl and make a rough ball. Drop it onto a floured counter and make it into a more round ball. Put that ball into a floured bowl to let rise at least 8 hours. I made mine last night and let rise overnight to bake the in AM. 
(if dough feels a bit wet, just add more flour)

This AM I took the dough in the bowl and dropped it again onto my floured counter and kneaded it slightly to make a more round, smooth ball. I let it sit on counter for about 30 minutes while I heated up the oven. I use my copper pot dutch oven.  If you don't have a dutch oven or heavy duty put with lid, you can cook bread dough on a flat baking sheet - but you will need to put dish of water in oven so that bread is steamed properly. 

This is what it looks like after 45 minutes of cooking which is done with cooking lid ON at high temperature. For the last 20 minutes I take the lid off the pot and continue to cook at a lower temperature so that the top gets nice and brown and crispy. You can also see I cut a cross shape into the dough which you do right before you cook it ..... just cut it with a knife.

Done - right out of the oven

Cooling - we will eat today for lunch as we are having 
Soup with Ham/Cheese Spelt Bread Sandwiches

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