I tried to make bread from scratch a couple months ago... with little success. The whole experience was plain frustrating. I was initially super excited to make bread: I did some research, bought quality bread flour and active-dry yeast, and attached my sparkly never-been-used dough hook onto my beloved KitchenAid Stand Mixer. The initial charm of it all quickly faded and things went downhill fast. The mixing bowl got severely stuck to the base of the stand mixer from the kneading motion of the thick bread dough. It took copious amounts of mineral oil, a hammer (wrapped in a kitchen towel), and 20 minutes of my brute Superman strength (go ahead, laugh at that one) to get it free. After all that and the numerous steps it took to make the bread, it came out just eh... just eh?! For all that work. I can go buy "just eh" bread from the chain grocery store down the street. I was completely discouraged. There must be an easier way!
Enter my friend Tyler, who clued me into this revolutionary no-knead bread recipe. It sounded ridiculously easy to make, almost too easy. My mother always warned me "if it sounds too good to be true..." Well, this is the exception. It really is ridiculously easy to make. Even better, it's absolutely delicious, and puts many bakery-bought breads to shame.
