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Loafnest Quick Bread Recipe

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This Loafnest quick bread recipe has 5 simple ingredients and bakes quick in your Loafnest Dutch oven, one of the best Loafnest recipes! Prep this bread for dinner or to make sliced sandwich bread for lunches.

Great for toasting up for breakfast or brunch, an amazing way to impress your brunch guests, friends, and family.

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I am a huge fan of my Loafnest – it makes baking bread SO easy.  I normally do a easy 4 ingredient overnight no knead bread or sourdough recipe, but  I needed a faster last-minute bread for dinner one night, and this simple quick yeast bread recipe was born. The cornmeal on the bottom of the crust was a really fun texture and added some great flavor.

This Loafnest Quick Yeast Bread Recipe Is:

  • Simple
  • Made with pantry staple ingredients
  • Fast
  • Easy
  • Ready in under 2 hours
  • Vegan, vegetarian, egg free, and dairy free!
  • Perfect for the Loafnest Dutch oven bread pan!
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What’s In This 2 Hour Yeast Bread Recipe?

See the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!

  • Warm Water: Use bottled or tap, whichever you would drink.
  • Salt: For breads I like a fine ground sea salt which mixes into the dough evenly.
  • Sugar: I used a granulated white sugar, but you can use a natural sweetener to keep it refined sugar free.
  • Instant Yeast: I recently tried out this instant yeast on a whim (normally I buy active dry) and I absolutely love it!  Instant yeast is great for both overnight breads and this easy quick whole wheat sliced bread recipe too!
  • All Purpose Flour: We are fans of this flour here, and I keep my pantry stocked up with this. I made my quick bread loaves with this flour.
  • Cornmeal: Great for dusting on the bottom of this bread, it gives the bread a great texture and flavor after being baked.
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How To Bake Bread in a Loafnest?

  1. In a large mixing bowl, add the warm water, salt, sugar and yeast.  Allow to sit for 5 minutes until yeast starts to bubble.  With a wooden spoon, mix in the flour one cup at a time.
  2. Knead by hand for 5 minutes or so, until dough is soft and springy.  Allow dough to rest for at least 1 hour,  but up to 2 in a warm location. If its cold, I like to preheat my oven for a minute, turn it off, and let the dough sit in the warm oven to rise.
  3. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and place your Loafnest inside to warm up. Once dough has risen and doubled in size, knead it back down and form into 2 boule loaves.  Sprinkle parchment paper with corn meal and let dough sit on corn meal to rest for 10 minutes while oven preheats.
  4. Once oven reaches temperature, carefully remove the Loafnest from the oven (use caution, it will be hot).  Place dough, cornmeal side down, into the Loafnest and cover.  Bake bread for 30 minutes with the lid on, then remove the lid and bake for another 10 minutes until top is golden brown.
  5. Remove the Loafnest from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes on a baking sheet before slicing and allow to come to room temprature.
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Loafnest Quick Bread Recipe

Kelly Jensen
This Loafnest quick bread has 5 simple ingredients and bakes quick in your Loafnest dutch oven, one of the best Loafnest recipes! Prep this bread for dinner or to make sliced sandwich bread for lunches. Vegan, egg free, and dairy free!  Great for toasting up for breakfast or brunch, an amazing way to impress your brunch guests, friends, and family!
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 134 kcal

Equipment

  • Loafnest

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1.5 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 1.5 teaspoon sugar
  • 1.5 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour plus extra for kneading
  • 2 tablespoons cornmeal

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, add the warm water, salt, sugar and yeast.  Allow to sit for 5 minutes until yeast starts to bubble.  With a wooden spoon, mix in the flour one cup at a time.
  • Prepare your kneading surface by sprinkling flour over a clean work surface (I use a large silicon baking mat). Knead by hand for 5 minutes or so, until dough is soft and springy.  Allow dough to rest for at least 1 hour,  but up to 2 in a warm location. If its cold outside, I like to preheat my oven for a minute, turn it off, and let the dough sit in the warm oven to rise.
  • Preaheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and place your Loafnest inside to heat up. Once dough has risen and doubled in size, knead it back down and form into a loaf.  Sprinkle parchment paper with corn meal and let dough sit on corn meal to rest for 10 minutes while oven preheats.
  • Once oven reaches temperature, carefully remove the Loafnest from the oven (use caution, it will be extremely hot).  Place dough, cornmeal side down, into the Loafnest and cover.  Bake bread for 30 minutes with the lid on, then remove the lid and bake for another 10 minutes until top is golden brown.
  • Remove the Loafnest from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes on a baking sheet before slicing… mangia!

Nutrition

Calories: 134kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 439mgPotassium: 63mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 2mg
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5 Comments

  1. Linda

    5 stars
    worked perfect when I used it after receiving the brad cooker at Christmas and now I am trying it a second time. I am adding nuts and raisins.

  2. Amy

    1. Do you use the LoafNest liner?

    2. The recipe calls for dividing the dough in half but never says what to do with the other half. Please clarify?

  3. Kathy

    My dough was so sticky it was unkneable….i ended up adding close to 3/4 c to even be able to work with it. The 2c flour to 1c water ratio doesn’t seem right to me…is this correct?

    • Kelly Jensen

      Hi Kathy, the 2:1 dough to water ratio has always worked for me, but thank you for letting me know that it can take more flour. I will make a note of that in the recipe card. I hope the bread turned out without kneading, please let me know how it went.
      – Kelly

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