Easy Garlic Cheese No-Knead Bread Recipe

4.34 from 84 votes

With only 5 ingredients, this Easy Garlic Cheese No-Knead Bread recipe makes a delicious loaf with no kneading and very little work.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Rise Time14

Total Time14 55

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Servings: slices

Calories: 140kcal

Author: Chrysa

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese and then add water until well blended.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place to rise for a minimum of 12 hours (16-24 hours is better).
Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a generously floured work surface, sprinkle with flour, and fold it in on top of itself three or four times.
Turn the bowl you were using at first upside down over the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, form the dough into a ball. Wash and thoroughly dry the original bowl and then return dough to bowl and cover bowl with a cotton dish towel.
Let rise for 2 hours. The dough should double in size.
30 minutes before the dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees and put in baking pot. Remove the pot from the oven and dump the dough ball into the pan. Cover the pot and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the lid and sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cheese on top. Bake another 15 to 30 minutes or until the loaf is nicely browned.
Remove from oven and cool on rack.

Bake in a 6 to 8 quart heavy pot with a cover (pyrex, cast iron, enamel or ceramic work best). I use an 8 quart enamel-coated cast iron dutch oven.