I LOVE bread and have always wanted to make it myself, but never knew I had the right equipment at home. Now that I’ve taken the time to research how to actually make it, I don’t know why I waited so long! Below is our favorite new recipe. It’s so easy to make and I know fresh baked bread will be on repeat in our home! Sharing our easy homemade bread recipe, plus a few different special ingredients to try.

Homemade Bread Recipe

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp active dry yeast (we got ours at Albertsons)
• 1 1/2 cups room temp water
• Other possible ingredients you can add to your recipe:
  • 3/4 cup chopped fresh rosemary (mixed into dough)
  • 2 tbs sesame seeds (lightly wet dough and sprinkle on top before placing in dutch oven)
  • 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips (mixed into dough)

Instructions

• Mix flour, sea salt, special ingredient (unless sesame seeds) and yeast together. Mix in water and use a spatula to mix until combined.
• Cover bowl and allow to sit overnight, at least 12 hours.
• Once ready to bake, preheat oven to 450 °F. While heating, place dutch oven* (no dutch oven? no worries! see below) in oven to also preheat.
• Add flour to your work space and form dough into a ball. No need to knead the bread but you just want to ensure you get it to a shape you want!
• Place the dough into the preheated dutch oven*, replace the lid.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Then remove the lid and bake for another 15-20 minutes until bread is a golden brown.
• Cut into slices and enjoy!

*Tip: if you don’t have a dutch oven, it is OK! Just use the heaviest pot you have with a lid.

Hope you enjoy this homemade bread recipe as much as we do! Once you start making your own bread, it’s hard to go back. It also makes for a fun family activity, especially right now while we are all at home. Make sure to tag me in your photos on Instagram. Can’t wait to see your bread creations!

xo, Mallary Bee