Faster No Knead Bread Recipe Without Dutch Oven

You don’t need a dutch oven to make your own super delicious and easy homemade bread.  This easy white bread recipe shows you how to make your own faster no knead bread without dutch oven.

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Faster No-Knead Bread Recipe

There is nothing that equals fresh bread baking in the oven on a crisp autumn or cold winter day…it is the epitome of cozy smells. 

Even people who are baking-challenged can make their own easy yeast bread at home…really!  

First of all you could use a bread maker. 

When grandmother passed away over ten years ago, after some time went by my grandfather wanted to learn how to cook. 

It’s not that he didn’t make anything , but my grandmother was truly great in the kitchen.  She could adapt and experiment and created many of her own gluten-free recipes because she had celiac disease.

This was waaaay before there were so many prepared gluten-free goods – she couldn’t just go to the store and get gluten-free pasta or bread.

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And if you love making homemade sourdough bread, I put together this big list of sourdough discard recipes, so you don’t have to discard the discard!

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So my grandfather bought a bread maker and learned to bake bread. 

He had so many loaves of bread overflowing from his kitchen – pumpernickel, whole wheat, cheese bread, cinnamon raisin, garlic, rye – that he had to give many away because he couldn’t keep up with eating all his baked bread.

Baking was definitely part of his healing process after my grandmother passed away. 

I love making fresh homemade bread too and find it therapeutic after a stressful day. 

I used to make overnight dutch oven bread all the time to sell when I had my bakery business.  But I don’t always have time anymore to leisurely make bread for scratch. 

That’s why I wanted to make an easiest no knead bread recipe.

2-Hour No Knead Bread

A lot of no knead bread recipes have the bread dough rest overnight to rise. 

These recipes are great too but sometimes you don’t want to wait a long time for yummy artisan bread.

You want bread the same day, ya know? 

Yeast still needs time to do its thing, but this recipe cuts the time down to make this 2 hour no knead bread. No overnight rise needed!

Same day homemade bread without having to knead for 10 minutes when you have kids to wrangle makes this the best no knead bread recipe in my opinion!

For another AMAZING no-knead bread recipe, try this no-knead focaccia recipe!

Faster No-Knead Bread Ingredients

This easy bread recipe only takes four ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water. 

It’s important that you use instant yeast as this is no knead bread and we’re not giving it tons of time to rise overnight.  Instant yeast will work perfectly.

Let’s talk about the water temperature for a minute. 

In the recipe below I say “hot water”. 

I know, this is super technical and precise. 

I don’t use a thermometer for an exact temperature because I have found it really doesn’t matter that much. 

You do want it to be hot, not lukewarm, not warm, you want hot. 

Put your faucet over to the hot side, let it warm up, and then measure out a cup and a half.  That’s it.

Room temperature water will work too, but the dough rise might take a little longer.

No Knead Bread Without Dutch Oven

I love no knead bread made in a dutch oven too but not everyone has a dutch oven. 

Most people have a loaf pan/bread pan. 

This quick no knead bread can also be made right on a baking sheet or cast iron skillet instead which is what I did here.  

If you are worried about sticky dough, make sure you add enough flour so it’s soft, not sticky. You can also line your bottom of the loaf pan or iron pot with a piece of parchment paper.

My absolute favorite cookware is the Lodge brand. 

They make high quality cast-iron cookware and I have slowly been replacing all my old non-stick bakeware with the cast-iron versions.

I adore this cast-iron skillet. It will last a lifetime.

I use this cast-iron loaf pan all the time, for bread and for quick loaves too.

And this Lodge cast-iron combo is a killer deal.

Since this is a no knead bread without dutch oven it won’t have a really crispy crust on the outside. 

It has a soft crumb, is golden brown and so yum slathered with butter, dunked in a soup, or for your morning toast.

Let’s make this quick no knead bread!

No Knead Bread Variations

For a yummy homemade bread recipe made with whole wheat flour, try this No-Knead Whole Wheat Olive Bread.

And for a yummy breakfast bread, try No-knead cinnamon raisin bread with pecans.

For another easy no-knead bread recipe, try these 20-minute pumpkin bagels (they really take 20 minutes from start to baked!)

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I hope you love this faster no knead bread!