Artisan Bread

I really love fresh bread, especially the artisan breads available in markets like Whole Foods or Central Market. My family bought an Italian White loaf bread from Central Market one day and we devoured it in one meal. Delicious.

It seems difficult to recreate at home but in reality, it's very simple!

The recipe can be found here: http://www.simplysogood.com/2013/03/artisan-no-knead-bread.html

The only change I made was that I used 1 tsp of yeast instead of the 1/2 teaspoon stated in the recipe.

Here's the result:

I actually let this loaf rise three times and kneaded it a little so that the bread was chewier.

Here's another variation:

I didn't flour the surface of this loaf and added orange zest and toasted walnuts to the bread.