No Knead Holiday Pumpkin Bread Recipe

No Knead Holiday Pumpkin Bread

Recipe by: Chef John

"The dough is so soft, so supple, so sensual that it's a joy to make this bread. Pumpkin gives it a soft color and super-subtle flavor. It's a great country bread."

Directions

Prep
20 m
Cook
50 m
Ready In
14 h 40 m

Place pumpkin puree into a large mixing bowl and whisk in 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water, salt, yeast, and pumpkin pie spice until thoroughly combined. Beat in flour to make a dry crumbly dough. Keep stirring until dough becomes smooth and sticky, 2 to 3 minutes.
Cover bowl with a damp towel and let dough stand 12 to 16 hours to rise.
Generously sprinkle cornmeal onto center area of a baking sheet. Scrape dough out of bowl, using a floured spatula, onto a heavily floured work surface. Dough will be very sticky. Dust dough with flour and gently flatten into an oblong shape. Fold 2 opposite rounded ends together to meet in the center; fold remaining 2 rounded ends to meet in the center, creating a rectangle of dough. Using well-floured hands, gently form into a round loaf with the seams on the bottom.
Transfer dough round onto center of prepared baking sheet. Dust top and sides of loaf generously with more flour.
Dust a dry towel with flour and place towel with floured side down over loaf. Let rise until loaf has almost doubled in size, 1 1/2 hours. Use a sharp knife to cut a 1/2-inch deep slit across the top of the loaf.
Place a loaf pan containing about 2 inches of water onto a bottom rack of oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Bake on center rack of the preheated oven for 30 minutes; turn bread around in oven. Continue to bake until bread is golden brown and crusty, about 20 more minutes. Let bread cool completely on a rack before slicing.

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Footnotes

Cook's Note:
To make plain bread, substitute water for pumpkin and omit pumpkin pie spice.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 180 calories; 0.5 g fat; 37.9 g carbohydrates; 5.1 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 402 mg sodium. Full nutrition

By Patricia Guerra

How much yeast is in a package of yeast?

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Can I freeze dough and then bake it later?

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I want my bread loaves to have a thicker crust. What can I do?

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Deb C

11/29/2013

This is the perfect bread for the busy holidays because it takes very little effort to put together the day before. The next morning simply shape it, let it rise, and bake. The bread has wonde...

bmatheson

10/30/2014

This is a fantastic bread. I used 2-1/2 cups white flour and 1/2 cup oat bran and it was simply delicious!!!

ctburkne

10/6/2017

Just had my first piece and its amazing..... reminds me of good old German bread. its well worth the time and effort!

Munky14

8/10/2016

By far, the easiest, and most fool-proof bread we've ever made. We've tried various recipes but always come back to this one. Now we just have to figure out a way to get some whole grains into i...

Lynne

4/21/2018

very easy and very good

pamspig

2/5/2018

Delicious and easy to make. I must admit, however, I didn't read the recipe closely enough before I started and was therefore surprised to see it had to rise 12-16 hours. So, based on the time...

Maggie

1/14/2018

Loved the ease of this bread - nice crisp crust

No Knead Holiday Pumpkin Bread

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