Stand Mixer Rustic Peasant Bread

I love a rustic bread. It needs to have a rough texture and wonderful taste. Add a crunchy crust and I’m in heaven. It is not the most beautiful of loaves of bread, but it is incredibly tasty with a great crust and texture. Quick and easy with no hand kneading and a little over 2 hours and you’re eating bread.

I needed bread for my Italian cooking tonight and gave it some thought all day long. Too long to follow any of the recipes I found. A CI recipe adds a touch of whole wheat flour to a roll that they call a peasant roll. It looked interesting but just too much work. I am amazed at the amount of work some people can put into something sometimes.

Start with the basics of flour (AP and whole wheat), yeast, sugar, salt, and water. Let the stand mixer do all the work. Be sure to keep it warm for a good rise. Then cook in a hot oven to get a great crust.

Rating

This was just way too easy. My wife (not a bread person) threatened to eat the whole thing.

Notes: It is cool in Michigan now, and we keep our home cool (60) also. I have developed techniques for bread baking in our home in cold weather. First, I start with warm equipment. I preheat the stand mixer bowl and the rising bowl with hot water. I use a pre-warmed oven as my “warm spot” for rising. I do this by turning an oven on the lowest temp possible (170) and as soon as the oven beeps. I turn it off. I put the dough in this environment about 10 minutes after turning off the oven. The dough tripled in size in 1 hour. The second rise was in the same oven but not reheated.

I used a dutch oven to bake the bread because I wanted a “steam effect”. Put it in any pan you want, brush with water and bake until internal temp of 200. The dough is not strong enough to be baked outside of a pan.

In 1 3/4 cups of warm (110 degrees) water, dissolve 1 T sugar and 1 T of rapid rise yeast.

Preheat oven to 170 and turn off. Allow the dough to mix for 10 minutes.

Move the dough to a lightly oiled preheated bowl (see notes), form into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in oven for 50-60 minutes until about tripled in size.

Lightly coat a preheated (see notes) Dutch oven with oil and move the dough into it. Cover with lid, place back in oven and allow to double in size. About 30 minutes.

Move from oven and then heat to 450 degrees convection. Score top of dough with a sharp chef knife. Then brush top with 1 T of water. Yes, it will seem like too much, but it will steam and help the crust.

This is the bottom side up that looks better

Place the dutch oven covered into the oven. Bake for 10 minutes then remove the cover. Continue to bake until internal temp of about 200. About another 20 minutes.

Stand Mixer Rustic Peasant Bread

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I love a rustic bread. It needs to have a rough texture and wonderful taste. Add a crunchy crust and I'm in heaven. It is not the most beautiful of bread, but it is extremely tasty with a great crust and texture. Quick and easy with no hand kneading and a little over 2 hours and you're eating bread.

• CourseBread
• CuisineAmerican
• KeywordComfort Food, Easy, Family

Servings	Prep Time
16 slices	105 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings Prep Time 16 slices 105 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Stand Mixer Rustic Peasant Bread Votes: 6 Rating: 4.67 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe I love a rustic bread. It needs to have a rough texture and wonderful taste. Add a crunchy crust and I'm in heaven. It is not the most beautiful of bread, but it is extremely tasty with a great crust and texture. Quick and easy with no hand kneading and a little over 2 hours and you're eating bread. CourseBread CuisineAmerican KeywordComfort Food, Easy, Family Servings Prep Time 16 slices 105 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings Prep Time 16 slices 105 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup water 110 degree
• 1 tablespoon yeast one package will do
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 1/2 cup AP flour
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons salt

Servings: slices

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

1. In 1 3/4 cups of warm (110 degrees) water, dissolve 1 T sugar and 1 T of rapid rise yeast.
2. Add the yeast mixture to a preheated stand mixer bowl. Spray dough hook with PAM. With the mixer on "2" slowly add 4 1/2 cups AP flour, 1/4 cup whole wheat flour and 2 t salt.
3. Preheat oven to 170 and turn off. Allow the dough to mix for 10 minutes.
4. Move the dough to a lightly oiled preheated bowl (see notes), form into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in oven for 50-60 minutes until about tripled in size.
5. Lightly coat a preheated (see notes) Dutch oven with oil and move the dough into it. Cover with lid, place back in oven and allow to double in size. About 30 minutes
6. Move from oven and then heat to 450 degrees convection. Score top of dough with a sharp chef knife. Then brush top with 1 T of water.
7. Place the dutch oven covered into the oven. Bake for 10 minutes then remove the cover. Continue to bake until internal temp of about 200. About another 20 minutes.

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All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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Last Updated
July 8, 2016