Rustic and delicious No Kneed Cranberry Nut Bread is melt in your mouth fantastic.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Baked Goods, Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: best no knead cranberry bread, easy no knead cranberry bread, homemade cranberry bread, no knead cranberry nut bread
Servings: 8
Calories:
Equipment
Dutch Oven
Ingredients
3 ½cupsbread flour
2cupswarm water105° - 115°F
1cupdried cranberries
⅓cuppecan or walnuts
2tbsphoney
1tspsalt
½tspactive yeast
Instructions
Mix the yeast with the warm water in a small bowl. Let it saturate for 5 minutes.
In a large bowl: add flour, salt, nuts, dried cranberries then mix. Pour the yeast mixture into the bowl with the honey. Recommend using a silicone spatula for best mixed results. Mix everything together. The dough should start to get wet and kinda sticky.
Cover the bowl with saran wrap. Then place a kitchen towel over the saran wrap. Let it rest at least 15 hours or up to 24 hours at room temperature.
Place the dutch oven (5-6 QT) with lid on in the oven. Preheat the oven to 450°F (232°C) for 45 minutes. I don't recommend using a dutch oven bigger than 6 QT.
Remove the towel and saran wrap. Sprinkle some flour on a the parchment paper. Transfer the sticky dough to the floured working surface. Gently fold the corners of the dough towards the center until you form the dough into a ball.
Use kitchen mittens to remove the dutch oven from the oven (be careful, it's going to be extremely hot). Remove the lid. Grab the corners of the parchment paper and carefully place the dough in the hot dutch oven.
Cover the dutch oven with the lid. Place back in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Then, remove the lid and bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes to brown the bread.
Grab the corners of the parchment paper to remove the bread from the hot dutch oven. Discard the parchment paper and transfer the bread loaf to the baking rack. Let cool for at least 2 hours before slicing.