Ciabatta Bread With Nuts No Knead No Wash

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water or 360 g water
• 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast (can decrease to 1/2t if baking next day.) or 1 (7 g) package dry yeast (can decrease to 1/2t if baking next day.)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
• 4 tablespoons butter (for a taste more like facaccia. also, keeps longer in the freezer. the dough also detaches from cont) (optional) or 4 tablespoons oil (for a taste more like facaccia. also, keeps longer in the freezer. the dough also detaches from cont) (optional)
• 3 1/4 cups bread flour (1/3 can be wholewheat flour.) or 390 g bread flour (1/3 can be wholewheat flour.)
• 1 cup nuts (could be up to 2 cups) (optional) or 1 cup dried fruit, of your choice (could be up to 2 cups) (optional)
• herbs, of your choice (to incorporate or sprinkle on top) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 incorporate the ingredients well one by one into a plastic bag.
• 2 if you are in a hurry, skip the next step.
• 3 if baking the next day, which yields the best result, fold the opening of the bag under and let sit in a warm place for 20-30 minutes then let it sleep in fridge for about 18 hours.
• 4 to bake, slip a desired sizes of dollops of dough out of your bag onto a baking paper, spray with water, let sit for 20-30 minutes. (it rises wider but not necessarily higher.).
• 5 heat up oven to 220c or 450f with baking tray inside. spray dough with more water and put the dough along with the baking paper onto the baking tray.
• 6 bake 15-25 minutes for small ones and 30-40 for large. or, it is done when the color is right and the internal temperature reaches 80c or 175°f if the color is getting too dark, cover with foil.
• 7 note: if you want a not-so-flat bread, you may fold the dough a couple of times (jim lahey’s no knead video) or tuck the sides under (5 minutes a day bread video) .
• 8 note: if the bottom has no color, flip and bake 5 more minutes.
• 9 note: just by adding the optional oil, this can become a low fat facaccia by poking some holes and brushing with some extra oil on top just before baking.