The BEST $1 Bread You'll Ever Make (No Kneading)

You don't need a five dollar bakery loaf. This crusty Sicilian bread takes four ingredients, flour, water, salt and a pinch of yeast, and no kneading. Ten minutes of work tonight, it rises overnight while you sleep, and tomorrow it bakes. About 60 cents of ingredients, or about a dollar with the oven. 📖 42 more hard-times dinners, with the cost of every plate! https://cookthesicilianway.com This recipe is on page 32. ⭐ PANE DI CASA (everyday bread, no kneading) · 1 round loaf 3 cups (430 g) all-purpose or bread flour 1 1/4 tsp table salt 1/4 tsp instant or active dry yeast 1 1/2 cups (350 ml) cool water The Sicilian way: swap 1 cup of the flour for fine semolina (add 2 tbsp more water) and press sesame seeds on top 1. The night before, stir the flour, salt and yeast together, then the water. Stir until there's no dry flour left. It will look shaggy and sticky. No kneading. 2. Cover and leave 12–18 hours at room temperature, until doubled, bubbly and smelling a little like beer. 3. Tip it onto a floured counter, fold the edges into the middle like an envelope, and turn it over onto parchment paper. Cover and rest 1–2 hours. 4. Heat a heavy pot with a lid in the oven at 450°F for 30 minutes. Check the lid knob is oven-safe. 5. Lower the dough into the hot pot on its parchment. Lid on for 30 minutes. 6. Lid off for 15–20 minutes more, until deep brown and the bottom sounds hollow when you knock on it. 7. Cool at least 1 hour before cutting. It's still cooking inside. NONNA'S RULES Time kneads the bread. You just wait. Bake it darker than you think. Never cut it hot.