Dutch Oven Sourdough Bread (no-knead)

Course: Appetizer, Bread, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 40

resting time: 12

Total Time: 12 55

Servings: servings

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Emily

This No-Knead Dutch Oven Sourdough Bread is so easy to make and tastes just like it came from a bakery.

Place the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl and whisk together to combine. Add the sourdough starter and water and stir it in using your spatula. If you need a little more water, add a teaspoon at a time. The dough will be shaggy and sticky.
Tightly cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rest for a minimum of 12 hours at room temp. I made my dough in the evening and let it rest overnight.

Preheat your oven to 450°F and place the dutch oven in as well to warm up for 30 minutes.
While the oven is warming, the dough will rest one more time. The dough should have risen quite a bit and have lots of lovely bubbles. Use your silicone spatula to gently scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper. Sprinkle some flour on top of the dough and with floured hands, gently shape the dough in a ball the best you can. Cover with plastic wrap or a clean towel to rest while the oven is heating up.

After 30 minutes, take the parchment paper with the dough on it and place the entire thing in the preheated dutch oven. BE CAREFUL, IT'S HOT! Place the lid on and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 10 minutes to get a brown crust.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow the bread to cool in the dutch oven or on a cooling rack. Enjoy!

Only use a sourdough starter that is active, well-fed, and at room temperature to ensure you get the best results possible.
Not only is this bread no-knead, but there is also no scoring! The crust on my bread shown in the photos happened naturally and looked great!
Parchment paper is a must! Because the dough for this bread is so sticky, the parchment paper will not only help you move it into the hot dutch oven, it will also keep it from sticking to the pan itself.
Make sure your dutch oven or pan is rated for high temps because this bread cooks at 450º! As I mentioned above, you need your dutch oven or covered pot to be able to get nice and hot and be safe while doing so.
Don’t forget to preheat your dutch oven while you are preheating the oven. This will help create the awesome crust and bubbly insides of the bread.