Pot Bread

Pot Bread is bread cooked in a pot on the stovetop. It has a golden brown crust with a soft and chewy center. It's an easy way to cook bread without using the oven.

Course Bread

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 1 30

Cook Time 1 30

Total Time 3

Servings servings

Calories 188kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Dutch Oven

Ingredients

2 cups All Purpose flour plus extra for dusting
1/2 tablespoon Instant/Rapid rising yeast
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of fat butter, margarine, coconut oil, shortening
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of warm water about 110 °F

Instructions

Combine the flour, yeast, brown sugar and salt in a mixing bowl and mix together well
Then rub the fat into the dry ingredients
Then add the warm water and mix together to form a stiff dough
Knead the dough into a smooth ball (this should take about 10 minutes)
Then place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a kitchen towel or damp paper towel and allow the dough to rise until doubled in size. This should take about 45 minutes to 1 hour
Once the dough doubles in size punch down and knead again into a smooth ball
Then sprinkle a light dusting of flour at the bottom of a heavy pot, like a cast iron dutch oven and place the dough into the pot
Cover the pot then place the pot on low heat and cook the bread for 45 minutes
Then flip the bread over using a spatula and continue to cook for another 45 minutes
Next remove the bread from the pot cover with a kitchen towel and allow it to cool for about 5 to 10 minutes
Enjoy your warm bread with some butter or cheese

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