This 4-ingredient bread recipe is a hit at every event I host. Here's how to make the easy, crowd-pleasing loaf.

Jordan Parker ErbJan 12, 2024, 18:38 IST

All you'll need for this low-lift bread is flour, water, yeast, and salt.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

For the past few years, I've impressed my friends by baking homemade loaves of bread.
I make the bread — which needs just four ingredients — for every dinner party. It's always a hit.

As fall claws its way back into New York City, it's time to revive one of my favorite recipes: a ridiculously easy loaf of bread. It's a recipe my mom has used for years and one I recently started making myself.

For the past few years, I've made the bread virtually every week, using it to compliment the main dish during my and my roommates' weekly Soup Sunday tradition.

Requiring just four ingredients, the bread is almost impossible to mess up, and receives rave reviews every time I make it. The dough does have to rise between eight and 24 hours, so be sure to plan ahead.

Here's how to make the simple, crowd-pleasing loaf.

All you'll need is flour, yeast, water, and salt.

The only four ingredients you'll need for this recipe.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and yeast.

Once you add the water, it should form a cohesive ball of dough.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

When you're done mixing, cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap.

Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap before letting it rest.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

When the dough has risen, preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Your dough should be fully risen (left). Once it's ready, place an uncovered Dutch oven in the oven.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

While the oven is preheating, place the dough onto a well-floured surface.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap while waiting for the oven to heat up.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

After 30 minutes, carefully remove the empty, preheating Dutch oven.

Lift the dough into the Dutch oven, then place it, with the lid on, into the oven.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

Finally, move the bread out of the oven and onto a cooling rack.

Let the bread cool a bit before serving.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

Impress your friends and family with the easiest, tastiest loaf of bread.

The final product.Jordan Parker Erb/Insider

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