Roasted Garlic & Rosemary No-Knead Artisan Bread (2024)

Roasted Garlic & Rosemary No-Knead Artisan Bread has gorgeous, golden brown crusty exterior and a soft, airy texture inside and is loaded with flavor from buttery, roasted garlic and fresh rosemary! It's such an easy rustic bread recipe that you will wonder why you haven't tried making no knead artisan bread before!

If you are feeling comfortable with this bread, you might want to move on to another easy bread recipe like mySweet Molasses Brown Bread,Amish White Bread, orEasy Rosemary Focaccia Bread!

Rosemary & Garlic No-Knead Artisan Bread

If you love crusty bread like I do, especially super flavorful breads that are great for dipping in balsamic vinegar, slathering with butter, or using to make elevated grilled cheese sandwiches, you are going to adore this easy Roasted Garlic & Rosemary No Knead Artisan Bread!

For anyone intimidated by yeast breads, this is the bread recipe for you.

There is no proofing yeast involved.

There is no kneading required.

It's as simple as stirring everything together in one bowl and then leaving it alone.

No need to assess the stickiness or smoothness or elasticity of the dough.

And no need for fancy scoring on top of the loaf before it bakes, although you could dust the top of the loaf with flour and score a pattern or "X" shape in the top if you get really ambitious (which, as you can see from these photos, I did not).

A thick slice of this crusty bread is amazing with a bowl of lasagna soup or zuppa toscana.

And it really does make my favorite grilled cheese sandwiches ever with some cheddar melted between two buttered slices of this bread and then toasting it all on the griddle.

No Knead Artisan Bread Variations

Try adding 1 to 1 ½ cups of mix-ins in the following combinations in place of the roasted garlic & rosemary for a totally different and delicious bread!

• Cranberry Pecan
• Hazelnuts & Dried Cherries
• Cheddar Jalapeno
• Cranberry, Orange Zest, & Sliced Almonds
• Raisin Walnut Cinnamon
• Pumpkin, Sunflower, & Poppy Seeds
• Sun-dried Tomato with chopped Basil
• Lemon zest, Thyme, & Asiago
• Pepperoni & Mozzarella
• Dark Chocolate, Dried Cherry, Pecan

Or leave out any mix-ins for a perfectly wonderful plain loaf that will go with any soup, salad or dinner!

Notes on Baking No Knead Artisan Bread

Mixing the dough together is pretty much as easy as it gets. All of the ingredients (including mix-ins) gets dumped into a bowl, stirred up, and then left on the counter for 12-18 (or even up to 24 hours).

"Shaping" the loaf consists of dumping the sticky dough onto a well-floured surface and forming it into a roughly ball-shaped lump.

The bread rises slowly as the gluten and flavor develop over a long period of time. Then, when you are ready to bake, there are two approaches that I have used and both work well.

METHOD 1: My preferred method is to use a 5.5 quart enameled cast iron Dutch Oven with a lid (I have this one but less expensive options work just fine!) but you could also use a baking dish covered with aluminum foil, your crockpot insert, stainless steel pot with a lid, a pizza stone with an oven-safe bowl big enough to cover the bread, and an old cast iron Dutch oven that you probably only pull out for camping trips.

The lid (or aluminum foil) traps moisture in with the bread while it bakes for 30 minutes, then you uncover the loaf and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes at the end to let it get golden brown on top.

METHOD 2: Alternatively, you could bake this roasted garlic & rosemary no knead artisan bread on a baking sheet with no lid. But you will want to create steam in the oven by placing a cast iron or metal pan on the rack below the one where you plan to bake the bread while the oven preheats.

Then, when you are ready to bake the bread, place the loaf on a baking sheet inside the hot oven and pour 1 cup of water into the hot cast iron or metal pan on the rack below the bread and immediately close the oven door to trap the steam and bake for 25-35 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.

I have even heard that instead of using a pan, you could just throw a handful of ice cubes in the bottom of the hot oven instead, but I haven't tried that approach yet.

Once you have tried making this Roasted Garlic & Rosemary No Knead Artisan Bread, try something a little different where you can practice your kneading with these Cheesy Garlic Mozzarella Swirl Rolls! Or if you forget to prep this the night before, try my Easy Rosemary Focaccia Bread that is almost as easy and is ready in under an hour!

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