You know when you finally decide what to make for dinner and realize that you don’t have enough time for homemade bread to go with it. Well you actually do with this one hour no rise bread. Throw all the ingredients together, put it in the oven and bake to perfection. Now you can have warm bread right out of the oven in time to go with dinner.
Ingredients:
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3½ cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
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1 teaspoon sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1½–2 cups buttermilk
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 450°F
Place flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and whisk together.
Make a well in the center and pour in most of the buttermilk, leaving about ¼ cup in the measuring cup. Using a fork, or one hand with your fingers outstretched like a claw, bring the flour and liquid together, adding more buttermilk, if necessary. Don’t knead the mixture, or it will become heavy. The dough should be soft, but not too wet and sticky.
When the dough comes together, turn it onto a floured work surface and bring it together a little more. Pat the dough into a round about 1½ inches thick and cut a deep cross in it. Place on a baking sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes. Turn down the heat to 400° and bake for 20-30 minutes more. When done, the loaf will sound slightly hollow when tapped on the bottom and be golden in color. One way to check if your bread is done is to use a thermometer. Cook until temperature in center reaches 195-200 degrees.
