Artisan Bread is an easy to make bread recipe prepared using just 5 basic ingredients from your kitchen. This bread has light and crispy crust, and soft texture on the inside.
Thanks to my husband who introduced me to the baking world. When I first started baking, I started with baking just one loaf to see how it turns out. And from adding warm water, allowing yeast to activate, kneading the dough was all new to me but learning it was so much fun.
The next time I try the same bread recipe, I do it with some adjustments and increase it from one to two loaves. When you have such supportive partner and who appreciates anything you do, making trials, learning new things is not at all difficult.
The more and more I started baking, I realized why homemade bread is much better in taste, texture, quality than store bought. That is why you see so many bread recipes on my blog and to be honest bread recipes are the one that are most popular on my blog, tried and tested by my readers. So make sure you check out the recipes listed below.
- Vienna Bread
- Pita Bread
- Thai Roti Bread
- Ethiopian Bread
- Garlic Cheese Naan
- Oats Chapati
- Vegan coconut bread
I had promised my readers to post one bread recipe every week on Wednesday. Due to personal commitments I haven't been able to post regularly for sometime now. To compensate on that I have interesting bread recipes coming back to back just for you guys. So stay tuned!!!
Coming to this artisan bread,
You do not require any bread machine to prepare these beauties. This bread recipe is prepared from scratch. You can shape it the way you love. For all those who are new to baking and want to know what an artisan bread is, read below.
What is an artisan bread?
Bread with shorter shelf life, which tastes best when served fresh, immediately after baking. These are generally served in baskets.
What is rustic artisan bread?
Bread that is made with simple and basic ingredients like flour, yeast, and salt. These are not shaped with pan and are baked at higher temperature to get that thicker crispy and chewy crust.
Some types of artisan bread include :
- French Baguette
- No need baguette
- Multi flour artisan bread
- Pumpkin bread from scratch
- Ciabatta - coming up soon
- Sourdough bread - coming up soon
Some other yeast bread recipes that you should try
For those who want to prepare bread WITHOUT YEAST and MINIMUM INGREDIENTS, please check this out.
Detailed recipe for Artisan Bread
Recipe card
Artisan Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups Water Luke warm
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoon Active dry yeast (1 packet or 7g)
- 4 ⅔ cups All purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon Salt
Other Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Butter (oil for vegan version)
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
Instructions
Step 1
- In a large bowl, add water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast. Cover and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes till yeast activates.2 cups Water, 1 teaspoon Sugar, 2 ¼ teaspoon Active dry yeast
Step 2
- Add flour, salt and knead this for at least 5 minutes or until soft dough is formed.4 ⅔ cups All purpose flour, 2 teaspoon Salt
- Transfer the dough to lightly greased bowl. Cover it and keep it in a warm place for about 2 hours or until doubled in size.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
- Shape them into balls pinching seam side down and you get a smooth round top.
- Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper atleast 3 inches apart. Let it rest for about 30 to 40 minutes.
Step 3
- At this stage place a cast iron skillet at the bottom rack of an oven. Preheat the oven to 450 degree F.
- Apply butter and sprinkle sesame seeds. Score using sharp blade or knife.1 tablespoon Sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon Butter
- Transfer the artisan rolls to middle rack in the oven. Fill the cast iron skillet on the bottom rack with about ½ cup of ice cubes or water. The steam generated allows the bread to develop light and crispy crust.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown in color. Allow it to cool down completely before slicing.
- Artisan Bread is ready. Slice and serve with butter and enjoy.
Notes
- Steam helps the bread to develop a light and crispy crust.
Nutrition
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Ingredients for Artisan Bread
2 cups Lukewarm Water
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 ¼ teaspoon Active dry yeast (1 packet)
4 ⅔ cups All purpose flour
2 teaspoon Salt
Other Ingredients
1 tablespoon Butter (Can use oil for vegan version)
1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
Steps to prepare Artisan Bread
Step I
- In a large bowl, add water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast. Cover and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes till yeast activates.
Step II
- Add flour, salt and knead this for at least 5 minutes or until soft dough is formed.
- Transfer the dough to lightly greased bowl. Cover it and keep it in a warm place for about 2 hours or until doubled in size.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
- Shape them into balls pinching seam side down and you get a smooth round top.
- Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper atleast 3 inches apart.
- Let it rest for about 30 to 40 minutes.
Step III
- At this stage place a cast iron skillet at the bottom rack of an oven. Preheat the oven to 450 degree F.
- Apply butter and sprinkle sesame seeds. Score using sharp blade or knife.
- Transfer the artisan rolls to middle rack in the oven. Fill the cast iron skillet on the bottom rack with about ½ cup of ice cubes or water. The steam generated allows the bread to develop light and crispy crust. Bake for bout 30 minutes or until golden brown in color.
- Allow it to cool down completely before slicing.
- Artisan Bread is ready. Slice and serve with butter and enjoy.
Shantala
Artisan breads are my favorite! And you've done such a great job of outlining the steps!
Tara
Such a beautiful homemade bread! I love that brown golden crust and the sesame seed topping.
Jill
These loaves look so good. I love to bake bread but haven't in too long. Gotta try your recipe.
Laura Tobin
I love to make bread at home, you have such a great collection of recipes. My favourite is sourdough bread. Do you have a recipe for that?
Dannii
You can't beat freshly baked bread and this loaf looks amazing.