Worlds Easiest Homemade Bread Crusty Artisan style

This crusty easy bread recipe is phenomenal. It has got to be the simplest yeast bread recipe in the world, yet itdelivers phenomenal results an Artisan style loaf with an incredible thick, crispy crust, and a moist, chewy crumb with big fat holes like a loaf of sourdough Adapted from the New York Times Simple Crusty bread recipe, 3 minutes active effort, no knead, no stand mixer, highly flexible and forgiving recipe, this from scratch bread can be on your table in less than 2 hours OR prepare the dough up to 3 days in advance for a handy grab and bake option. This is life changing PRINT RECIPE: