I remember when Mark Bittman from the NYT wrote about a no knead bread method and I thought, "I have to give that a try..." but I think I had a one year old and a four year old when the article came out, so my time was otherwise spoken for. A year or two later, we got this book as a gift, where it sat on the shelf up until a few days ago. Since it's winter and I love baking when its cold out, I pulled the book down, checked to see if I had all the ingredients, and mixed up some dough. What a revelation! This bread recipe turns out one of the best breads ever. It's beyond good and beyond easy. Mix up a few ingredients, let it sit on the counter for 12-24 hours and then bake. It is incredible. I can not believe that this bread came out of my home kitchen oven! And what is even better is that it fits the bill for the "busy family meals" category perfectly. A slice of this bread still warm from the oven with a cucumber-tomato salad and a bowl of chicken noodle soup and the kids were in heaven.
And so, here is Jim Lahey's no knead bread recipe :
(I like that someone in our house decided to color in the little white circle on the book's cover. It does kind of ask for it!)
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