Quick & Easy Homemade Peasant Bread (2024)

This peasant bread recipe is so fast and easy to make! Depending on the temperature in your kitchen it can be made from start to finish in about 3 hours. Peasant bread is so soft and tasty that multiple times people have mistaken it for sourdough bread. It is also egg-free and dairy-free.

This particular recipe is NOT gluten-free, but if you are looking for a wonderful gluten-free bread recipe check out this post.

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Peasant Bread Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 packet quick-rising yeast (active-dry yeast will also work, but it might take longer to rise)
• 2 cups warm water (around 110° F)

Directions

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, until a smooth dough is formed.
2. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and set it in a warm spot. In the summer I’ll set it either on my porch or in my garage. In the winter I set it on my fireplace mantel. Let the dough double in size, for about 2 hours. It could take longer if your home is cooler, or shorter if it is in a really warm spot.
3. Once the dough has doubled in size, take 2 forks to release the dough from the side of the bowl. Split the dough into two halves. Take two 1-quart oven-safe bowls (such as a small Dutch oven) and generously butter the bottom and sides. Add one-half of the dough into each butter bowl. Cover again with the clean kitchen towel.
4. Let the dough rise again for about 20–30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425° F.
5. Bake the bread for 15 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 375° F and bake for an additional 30–35 minutes.
6. Once the bread is done baking, let the loafs set in their bowls for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack. The hardest part of this whole recipe is letting the bread set for 25 more minutes before slicing it (use a serrated knife) and eating it.

Obviously, this bread is delicious with lots of butter and your favorite jam or jelly. It is also a favorite side to eat with soup or pasta.

Yield: 2 small loafs

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 packet quick-rising yeast (active-dry yeast will also work, but it might take longer to rise)
• 2 cups warm water (around 110° F)

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Instructions

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, until a smooth dough is formed.

2. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and set it in a warm spot. In the summer I’ll set it either on my porch or in my garage. In the winter I set it on my fireplace mantel. Let the dough double in size, for about 2 hours. It could take longer if your home is cooler, or shorter if it is in a really warm spot.

3. Once the dough has doubled in size, take 2 forks to release the dough from the side of the bowl. Split the dough into two halves. Take two 1-quart oven-safe bowls (such as asmall Dutch oven) and generously butter the bottom and sides. Add one-half of the dough into each butter bowl. Cover again with the clean kitchen towel.

4. Let the dough rise again for about 20–30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425° F.

5. Bake the bread for 15 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 375° F and bake for an additional 30–35 minutes.

6. Once the bread is done baking, let the loafs set in their bowls for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack. The hardest part of this whole recipe is letting the bread set for 25 more minutes before slicing it (use aserrated knife) and eating it.

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