No Knead Bread

I have been searching for ever it seems to find the perfect bread recipe. I found one for my bread machine, it makes lovely light whole wheat bread that is great for sammiches. The downside? It takes four hours and thirty eight minutes. Which is fine, but you know, sometimes, life gets in the way. Sometimes, I wake up late and don't have four hours before we need to eat. I know, I know, first world problems. But problems nonetheless. So I came across this "peasant bread" that you don't knead and I'll be honest, I was skeptical. I thought, this is going to come out as dense as a rock and will taste like crap.
Boy was I wrong. Like...more wrong than I could have imagined. This bread is light, fluffy and comes out with a crunchy dense crust like you wouldn't believe. Best part is, it takes about 5 minutes to mix, another 30 to rise, 5 minutes to put into pans, 30 min for the second rise and 40 min for the bake. So, total of 1 hour and 50 minutes, which officially makes it the fastest ever yeast bread I've made. We've used it for sandwiches, french toast, toasted toast, and just plain eating with a dinner. Everyone loves it! And with almost no work, I can make this every day. I still make the bread machine bread, just not as often.
Now, something to remember, this bread calls for quite a bit of water. It's going to look and feel pretty sticky. That's completely normal. It really does use 1 cup of water for every 2 cups of flour. Just trust in the recipe. :)

What you'll need:

• 4 cups of unbleached unbrominated flour
• 2 cups of water
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1 TBSP sugar
• 2 TBSP of coconut or similar oil
• 2 tsp of instant yeast (I use 2.25 tsp of yeast because we're high up in altitude)

What you'll do:

1. Mix together water, sugar, salt and oil.
2. Add in flour and yeast, mix well. You can just sort of "fold it over" with a spatula. Its too thick to mix with a spoon and too thin to pick up with your hands.
3. Let sit for 30-45 minutes until doubled in size, then punch down and separate in half.
4. Transfer each half to a greased bread pan, I like to use the glass ones, they transfer heat a bit more evenly, but metal would work too. Try to use a smaller pan, no larger than a 1.5 lb loaf.
5. Let sit for about 30 min until doubled again. Preheat your oven to 375 and bake for 35-40 minutes.
6. PROFIT.

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