a very basic no-knead bread recipe (for baking in a dutch oven)

This is very much just an amalgamation of a few King Arthur Flour recipes/tutorials that I've had taped to my fridge for a few years.

ingredients

• 907 grams AP (white and/or whole wheat) flour. I usually do a mix of both white a whole wheat; add 2 tbsp water for every cup whole wheat flour
• 3 cups lukewarm water
• 1 tbsp salt
• 14 grams instant yeast
• some semolina and/or little bit of flour for dusting

instructions

• stir everything together until combined
• let rise at room temp (in very large bowl, probably covered just to prevent cat hair) for 2 hours
• refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 7 days. it'll start tasting a little more sourdoughy the longer it sits
• break off half the dough. shape it into a round, pinching the bottom in as you form it, and set on floured parchment paper seam side up
• let rise at room temperature for around 60 minutes. it might need longer if your space is not very warm
• 30 minutes before the end of the rising time, put dutch oven in your actual oven and set to 450 F
• when you're ready, (carefully) remove the hot dutch oven from the oven. spray it with oil and sprinkle with semolina (watch out, it will probably fizzle)
• slash the top of the bread and put it in the oven seam-side down. spray water on top and into the dutch oven.
• bake for 25-30 minutes with the dutch oven lid on, then remove the lid and bake for 10 more minutes.
• follow the same instructions for the second half of the dough. I like to make one loaf the day of or day after making the dough and the second, slightly sourer loaf a few days later.

Nothing fancy, and frankly my loaves usually only come out okay and not like, great. but it takes almost no actual work to do (just a lot of waiting) and it's great with jam and cheese. Also, if you're like me and buy yeast just to have it sit in your cupboard for years, it's good to check the aliveness of your yeast by putting it in some lukewarm water with a bit of sugar and seeing if it bubbles.