Artisan Bread Baking

Artisan bread is a hand made bread. It is a simple and delicious bread recipe and baking technique. The term 'artisan', is used to describe this type of bread because when making it you become a craftsman just as if you were creating other goods or products. Artisan bread is homemade bread - hand crafted at home - something that has been done for centuries.

When I was a kid my mother would bake bread frequently - and it was quite a chore. The artisan bread recipe we describe is so simple to make you may not believe it. You can bake tasty fresh bread every day in about 5 minutes (active work time - not rising and baking time). And it's a very wonderful, crusty bread that is soft in the middle.

The picture below shows a home made artisan bread loaf on the table.

The basic recipe for artisan bread contains only four ingredients - unbleached flour, water, salt, and yeast. That's it. There are simple requirements, such as the type of salt and flour you use, but that's it for the ingredients.

The beauty of this artisan bread recipe is its simplicity. With this simple artisan bread recipe you combine and mix the ingredients, let the dough rise, and then you store it in the refrigerator. When you want fresh bread you take a chunk of dough out of the refrigerator, form it into a loaf, let it rise for a while, and bake it on a pizza stone. It could not be easier.

To continue, read the other short articles on our site - there are links to them on the left of this page under the banner that says "more articles". Follow these easy steps and you will be making fresh artisan bread at home easily and quickly.

While this is a simple recipe, we recommend buying a good cookbook to learn about and explore all the subtle variations and options for making other artisan-style breads. When you get more advanced you will want to create more bread types - flavored artisan bread, traditional shaped loaves, and more. The links here point you to what we feel are the best two books about artisan bread on amazon.com. If you buy it by clicking on our link it helps us out a little bit and costs you nothing - so we'd appreciate you using one of our links to buy the cookbook - if you are so inclined. Thanks!