Easy Overnight Crusty Bread
Fri, 30 May 2025
Easy Overnight Crusty Bread
Ingredients:
- 450 grams of self-raising flour
- Less than 1 grams of yeast (¼ teaspoon)
- 5 grams of salt (1 teaspoon)
- 360 mls of warm water
- Handful walnuts (optional)
- Handful dried cranberries (optional)
Instructions:
1. The night before you need it, mix flour with yeast and salt.
2. Then add warm water and combine.
3. If you have chosen to add the walnuts and/or dried cranberries, add those too. Mix until combined.
4. Cover with cling film and let rest 12 to 18 hours at room temperature.
5. The next day, place your dough onto a floured surface.
6. Roll just a couple of times in flour.
7. Then place on clean, floured, cotton towel.
8. Fold towel over dough and let proof/rise another 2 hours.
9. During the last half hour of the rise, heat a covered casserole dish in 230-degree Celsius oven.
10. Place dough in the hot pot, put the hot lid back on, and bake 30 minutes.
11. Take off lid and bake for 15 more minutes until golden brown.
To serve:
1. The version with cranberries and walnuts is best served for breakfast, or to enjoy with your favourite cheeses.
