Fresh Bread in Five Minutes

If you love fresh baked artisan bread with a nice thick crust and a tangy taste, this one is for you.

The honour goes to Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I have just simplified their idea a bit more.

It's not a joke. It will take you about 5-10 minutes to get a really tasty bread at your breakfast table every morning. I've done it for a while now, and my family loves waking up to a delicious bakery smell in the house with some chilled jazz in the background. Who said the wee hours of morning is better skipped...?

Frankly, it's one of the easiest bread recipes you could try. And I can't recommend this one enough

for bread lovers!

1 kg all-purpose wheat flour

a handful of coarse flour

a handful flax seeds

2-3 table spoons salt

7-8 dl water

15-20 gr yeast - preferably fresh

As you understand, I don't fancy very precise recipes. Do it a couple of times and get used to your own style of bread with the ingredients you like. Make sure the dough is nice and soft.

Mix everything. Use cold water if you ordain a food processor for the job – which is a point if you love quick results. The dough gets fairly warm in short time and your friends «The Yeasts» don't like that. Pour the dough in a bowl, cover with cling film or a plastic bag and put in the fridge.

In the morning, the first thing you do is to take out the bowl, carve out half the dough as careful as you can. Put the rest back in the fridge. Now if the dough rests in the fridge for a couple of days, guess what happens? You get even tastier bread!

Don't knead the dough, just shape lightly on a baking tray. Use a little flour or semolina if the dough is sticky. Let it rise in the oven at about 30° C for 20 minutes or so (while you take a shower). Then turn it up to 220° C and bake for 30-40 minutes. And – ta-ta – you have wonderful bread every morning for about 5 minutes of effort a day. Cool, eh?