Instant Pot bread is one of simplest bread I bake at home that requires no kneading, no stand mixer, no starter and no special techniques.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Proofing Time3 hourshrs30 minutesmins
Total Time4 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: instant pot, no knead bread
Servings: 8
Calories: 278kcal
Author: Sandhya Hariharan
Ingredients
450gPlain Flour or All Purpose Flour ( 3 ¾ Cup )
7gyeast ( 2 ¼ tsp )
340gwarm water ( 1 ½ Cup )
1tspsalt
1tspsugar
3tbspolive oil
1tbsprosemaryoptional
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, add flour, yeast, salt & sugar. Stir to combine. Add the water and olive oil and mix with a spatula until the you have a rough sticky dough.
Oil the inner pot of the instant pot and transfer this prepared dough. Cover with glass lid. Select the Yogurt Setting and set the time to 3 hours. After the 3 hours, cancel the yogurt setting. Open the lid to see the raised bread dough with dotted bubbles.
Deflate the dough by punching down lightly. Transfer the dough to the parchment paper dusted with flour. Shape them gently into a smooth tight ball. Sprinkle herbs like rosemary if you fancy.
Lift the end of the parchment paper and place it back in the Instant Pot. Cover with lid. Once again Yogurt Setting and set the time to 30 minutes.
In the meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450F and place a 4 Quart Dutch oven in middle rack of the oven.
Slash the bread about 1/2 inch deep 2 - 3 times. ( optional ). Once 30 minutes is up, lift the ends of the parchment paper to pick the dough from the Instant Pot and place it into the hot Dutch oven. Cover the dutch oven and place it back in the oven to bake.
Bake the No Knead Bread for 30 minutes, covered.
After that remove the lid and bake for 10 -15 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Remove the Dutch oven from the oven and use the parchment paper to transfer the bread to a wire rack. Let the bread cool for at least 15 minutes before slicing the bread.
Store the left over bread in plastic bags for up to 3 days.