Grammy's Kitchen · No-Knead Bread · Cook’s Illustrated Almost No Knead Bread
One of 37 no-knead bread recipes we measured
from breadtopia.com
It ranks #1 of 37 for crust crispness among the no-knead bread recipes we compared.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 47% | 99% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 0% | 1% |
| total sugar | 5% | 0% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| acid | 4% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| White Flour Recipe | |
| 425 g | 3 cups (15 ounces) all purpose or bread flour |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp. instant or rapid-rise yeast |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp. salt |
| 198 g | 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. (7 ounces) water at room temp |
| 85 g | 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. (3 ounces) mild flavored lager |
| 15 g | 1 Tbs. white vinegar |
| Whole Wheat Recipe | |
| 284 g | 2 cups (10 ounces) all purpose or bread flour |
| 142 g | 1 cup (5 ounces) whole wheat flour |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp. instant or rapid-rise yeast |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp. salt |
| 42 g | 2 Tbs. honey (I used 2 Tbs. raw sugar) |
| 198 g | 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. (7 ounces) water at room temp |
| 85 g | 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. (3 ounces) mild flavored lager |
| 15 g | 1 Tbs. white vinegar |
Method: 2 steps, published by breadtopia.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.