How To Make Homemade Bread Without Yeast In The Oven: Step By Step Recipes With Photos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Delicious and healthy bread without yeast: we cook ourselves in the oven

Recently, we are increasingly confronted with disputes about the benefits and harms of such a necessary product for us as bread. Particular doubts are caused by the presence of yeast in its composition: they say, it is harmful to the body, and does not add beauty, and makes digestion difficult. Therefore, today we will learn how to cook yeast-free bread in various ways, and the oven will help us with this.

Content

• 1 Features of yeast-free bread

• 2 Required ingredients

  • 2.1 "Eternal" leaven
  • 2.2 Starter culture video recipe

• 3 Step-by-step recipes for making homemade bread without yeast in the oven

  • 3.1 The classic recipe

    3.1.1 Video recipe for classic wheat bread without yeast

  • 3.2 White whey bread

  • 3.3 On kefir

    3.3.1 Video about the preparation of yeast-free bread on kefir

  • 3.4 On brine
  • 3.5 On milk
  • 3.6 Custard bread
  • 3.7 Whole Grain Fitness Bread
  • 3.8 Soda-free bran loaf
  • 3.9 Yeast-free rye bread
  • 3.10 Corn yeast-free bread

Features of yeast-free bread

As the name implies, this bread is made without the use of baker's yeast. The dough is kneaded on the basis of yogurt or kefir, brines with the addition of soda, which provides fermentation in an acidic environment. Even more often, special leavens are used. It is these products that raise the dough and increase its volume, due to which the bread becomes soft and elastic.

Fans of a healthy lifestyle strongly dislike the presence of live yeast in their diet. And such baked goods are really very useful. Bread contains cellulose, which has a beneficial effect on peristalsis - you get rid of the feeling of heaviness in the stomach after eating and normalize metabolism.

Yeast-free bread is really very healthy

Plus, home-made yeast-free bread has a much longer shelf life than store-bought bread. Of course, if it is not eaten as soon as it is taken out of the oven (most likely, it will be so, I assure you).

Required ingredients

As with any baked goods, flour is the main ingredient in making yeast-free bread. And depending on the recipe, it is very important to choose its type: rye, wheat, corn, buckwheat, barley, bran. Follow the recipe recommendations carefully: sometimes using, for example, wheat flour instead of rye flour can spoil the finished product.

For yeast-free bread, flour of any cereal crops is used

Since live yeast is not used, plain water will not work for the dough either. Instead, fermented milk products or brines are used, to which soda is added. Also, yeast-free bread is prepared with sourdough. Below we will tell you how to do it correctly. If you decide to bake yeast-free bread all the time, the sourdough should always be at hand.

Salt and sugar are essential ingredients for the dough. But in this case, they play only a gustatory role. Sugar is involved in the formation of the dough only when paired with yeast.

Very often, yeast-free bread is supplemented with bran, whole grains, malt, seaweed and other products. These additives increase the benefits of bread for our body by an order of magnitude.

Depending on the recipe, other products will be added to the dough: eggs, butter, milk, etc. And now, as promised, we will tell you about the preparation of the sourdough.

"Eternal" leaven

There are a lot of starter cultures for every taste. We suggest you start with the simplest but most effective one. It will require:

• 300 g flour (preferably rye);
• 300 g of water.

1. Day 1. Combine water and flour in a deep bowl or saucepan, stir well until the consistency of thick sour cream. Cover with a piece of damp cloth, place in a place where it is very warm, no drafts. The workpiece should ferment within 24 hours. Stir from time to time and watch for small bubbles begin to appear.
2. Day 2. Sourdough needs additional feeding. Add 100 g of flour and pour in enough water until the consistency returns to the previous one. Cover the workpiece again and return it to the same warm place for a day. Remember to stir and watch the bubbles.
3. Day 3. Now you can see with the naked eye that the leaven is working. It increased in size and was covered with bubbles. Feed it one last time (as in the last paragraph) and place it in the warmth again. Look from time to time: you need not to miss the moment when the leaven will grow 2 times from the previous volume. At this point, the mass must be halved. One part can be used immediately - to prepare dough for bread on it. Place the other half in a jar, cover with a lid with holes and refrigerate. When needed, take half of it, feed it again and put it in a warm place.

You should always have sourdough at hand

That is the whole secret of the simplest sourdough that will help you for a long time in making delicious and healthy bread.

Starter culture video recipe

Step-by-step recipes for making homemade bread without yeast in the oven

Think yeast-free bread is monotonous and boring? But no! There are a lot of recipes for this product, and if you also apply your imagination, life will not be enough to try everything. We have selected for you several common, simple and interesting methods of making such bread.

Classic recipe

Loaf of white yeast-free bread

A very simple way to bake delicious sourdough bread with a standard set of products:

• 600 g wheat flour;
• 250 g of water;
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 7 tablespoons of sourdough.

1. Combine the sifted flour, salt and sugar in a suitable bowl. Add vegetable oil and mix with your hands, rubbing. Introduce the starter into the mixture.

   

   Be sure to sift flour before adding to the dough.

2. While stirring constantly, add a glass of water to the dough so that it starts to lag behind your palms. Cover with a clean cloth and leave in a warm place for several hours. The test takes time to rise well (at least 2 times more in volume). You can leave it for 2 hours in a warm water bath.

   

   Knead the dough

3. When the dough comes up, knead it well and carefully put it in the mold. It should be deep, with a good margin upward, because the dough will still rise. Leave to stand for a while and then boldly send the form into a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees.

   

   Let the dough rise before placing in the oven.

Video recipe for classic wheat bread without yeast

White whey bread

Such bread is not only very tasty, but also satisfying. It is made according to a recipe similar to those used by our great-great-grandmothers. You will need the following products:

• 3 cups wheat flour;
• 550 ml of serum;
• 2 teaspoons of sugar;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda;
• 9 tablespoons of sourdough.

Please note that flour, whey, butter, as well as the dishes in which you will stir the dough, must be warm. To warm up the flour, sift it into a suitable dry dish, put it in a warm (up to 60 degrees) oven.

Whey bread was prepared in ancient times

1. Take a deep bowl or saucepan, pour 1 cup of wheat flour into it.

   

   Pour wheat flour into the bowl

2. Put the starter culture on top - 9 tablespoons.

   

   Add sourdough

3. Now add the remaining 2 cups flour, salt, sugar and baking soda. Pour 250 ml of serum, preheated it, and vegetable oil.

   

   Add the rest of the products

4. Stir all the ingredients well until the mixture is thick and sticky. To work with it further, you need to thoroughly lubricate your hands with sunflower oil.

   

   Knead the dough

5. You can bake the bread in special forms, and if you do not have them, then simply form a loaf or small buns with your hands. Line the molds or a baking sheet with parchment paper oiled with vegetable oil, spread out the dough in equal parts. Cover with a towel and put in a warm place for a couple of hours. During this time, the dough should at least double in volume.

   

   Forms or a baking sheet under the dough must be laid with parchment paper

6. Keep an eye on the dough so it doesn't run away. It is light, quick on the rise, can easily "make legs", as the people say. Even if it happened, don't be upset. Using a sharp knife, carefully cut off the excess dough that has escaped from the mold and make a flat cake out of it. It can be baked too.

7. Moisten the future bread on top with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Or caraway seeds, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, anise - to your taste. Send to an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Place a tray of water on the lower tier to prevent the bread from burning and saturate it with moisture during the baking process. Cooking time is 50 minutes.

   

   Top the bread can be sprinkled with sesame seeds or caraway seeds

8. If you like a crusty crust, take out the bread immediately after baking. You can leave the loaf inside until the oven has cooled completely, then the crust will be soft and tender.

   

   Remove the bread from the oven immediately for a crisp and hard crust.

See how lively and resilient the bread is. The sourdough in a pair with whey makes it unusually aromatic, friable, soft.

On kefir

Kefir has long been known to us for its beneficial properties. In yeast-free bread, it acts as a leaven. Take the following ingredients:

• 250 g rye flour;
• 250 g wheat flour;
• 100 g oatmeal;
• 500 ml of kefir;
• 25 g butter;
• 1 tsp soda;

• 0.5 teaspoon of salt.

  

  Kefir bread turns out fluffy and soft

1. In a deep bowl, combine two types of flour - rye and wheat.

   

   Mix both flours

2. Add oatmeal. There is also softened butter, salt and soda. Mix all foods well.

   

   Add the rest of the products

3. Pour in the pre-warmed kefir in a thin stream (do not overdo it, it should be warm, not hot). It's time to knead the dough. Do this carefully and slowly.

   

   Pour in kefir

4. The dough will be thick, elastic, but not hard, it will stick slightly on your hands. Form a loaf, sprinkle with flour, make cuts on top, criss-cross or parallel.

   

   Form a loaf and cut it on top

Bake bread for at least half an hour in an oven heated to 200 degrees. Check readiness with a match or toothpick. Remove the finished loaf, cover with a clean cloth and wait until it has completely cooled.

Video about the preparation of yeast-free bread on kefir

On brine

Spicy and aromatic brine will make an excellent base for yeast-free bread

This bread can taste different every day. It depends on the brine in the dough. It can be cucumber, cabbage, tomato, infused with dill, caraway seeds, vinegar. Someone recommends taking a not very sour pickle, someone likes a more spicy one. It all depends on your taste, you can experiment to choose the most suitable option. So, you will need:

• 300 g of brine;
• 120 g peeled rye flour;
• 350 g wheat flour;
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• 10 g salt;
• 15 g sugar;
• 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 teaspoons of sesame or caraway seeds.

Heat the brine a little, salt it and add rye flour. Stir and leave the mixture to rise for 20-25 minutes.

1. Add sugar and start kneading the dough, gradually adding wheat flour. The mass should turn out to be soft, slightly sticking to your hands. Cover it and leave in a warm place.
2. The dough should be 2 times larger. Once this has happened, put it in the mold with your hands soaked in vegetable oil. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or caraway seeds. Cover with a towel again and send to a warm place for 30 minutes.
3. Place the baking dish in an oven preheated to 190 degrees. It takes about 25 minutes to bake.

Bread in brine rises well and turns out tasty, aromatic, fluffy

Milk

If you do not have much time, but there are enough products to surprise your family and friends, we suggest you prepare yeast-free bread in milk with vegetable additives.

Required products:

• 400 g flour;
• 50 g oatmeal;
• 175 ml of milk;
• 175 ml yogurt;
• 100 g pumpkin;
• 3 small onions;
• 100 g of greens;
• ½ teaspoon of salt;
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• 2 teaspoon vegetable oil.

1. Peel the onions and pumpkin, chop and sauté in oil until soft. Turn on the oven to heat up to 200 degrees.

   

   Make an onion and pumpkin fry

2. Take a large bowl and combine the toasted, flour, cereal, salt and baking soda, and chopped herbs in it. In another bowl, combine milk and yogurt until smooth.

   

   Mix all ingredients in a bowl

3. Combine all the mixtures in one bowl. Stir quickly with a wooden spatula.

   

   Knead the dough with a spatula

4. Place the prepared dough in a greased pan. Make cuts at the top. Bake in a preheated oven for about half an hour.

   

   Place the dough in a mold and make cuts on top

5. Remove the bread from the oven. It can be served both hot and chilled.

   

   Ready bread can be served immediately

Custard bread

A very simple recipe with a minimum of food and time. You will need:

• 0.5 liters of boiling water;
• flour - how much will an uncool dough take;
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil;
• 2 teaspoons of salt and sugar;
• sourdough - 8 tablespoons.

1. After combining all of the above ingredients in a suitable bowl, knead the dough and heat for 3 hours. During this time, it will double in volume.

   

   Prepare the dough and let it sit warm

2. Place the dough in a mold without kneading a second time (you can knead it right away in a suitable bowl). Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 80 minutes.

Brewed yeast-free bread is irreplaceable in the lean menu

Whole Grain Fitness Bread

Such bread is unconditionally classified as a dietary kitchen because of the whole grain flour included in it. A very simple recipe, preparation will take you only an hour and a half, of which you personally will have to spend only 20 minutes.

Whole grain yeast-free bread

The following products are required:

• 0.5 cups whole wheat flour;
• 0.5 cups wheat flour;
• 0.5 cups of mineral water;
• 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 4 tablespoons of bran;
• 1 tablespoon of cumin seeds
• 0.5 teaspoon of salt.

A set of products for whole grain unleavened bread

1. Prepare all the necessary products so that they are at your fingertips.

2. In one bowl, mix the bran, wholemeal flour and water, and salt. Add wheat flour and vegetable oil there.

   

   Combine all ingredients in a suitable bowl

3. Mix everything very quickly into a soft dough ball. Cover with a clean napkin, leave for 15–20 minutes.

   

   Knead the dough quickly and leave warm for a while.

4. Roll out the present dough into a thin layer of about 0.5 cm. The vegetable oil in the composition will not allow the mass to stick to the table. If this does happen, sprinkle a handful of flour on the table.

   

   Roll out the dough into a layer

5. Roll the dough into a roll. In the meantime, preheat the oven and cook the baking sheet, dampening slightly with water. Place a roll on it and bake at 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Then lower the temperature to 150 degrees and leave the bread to bake for half an hour.

   

   Form a roll from the rolled layer

6. When you take out the finished bread from the oven, wrap it in a linen cloth (slightly damp), cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for an hour.

   

   Wrap the finished bread in a linen napkin for a while

Now you can slice whole grain bread and enjoy the flavor.

Bran loaf on soda

This kind of yeast-free bread has long been prepared in Ireland. If you are a fan of this country, be sure to try this recipe. You will need the following ingredients:

• 500 g bran flour;
• 450 ml of kefir (low-fat or completely fat-free);
• 50 g raisins;
• 50 g sunflower seeds;
• 1 tablespoon wheat flour;
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• 1 teaspoon of sea salt.

1. Sift the bran flour. Put the bran that remained at the bottom of the sieve back into the flour, add salt and soda. Stir the ingredients evenly.

   

   Mix ingredients in a bowl

2. Add kefir to the dry food mixture and knead the dough.

   

   Add kefir to the dry mixture

3. Dry the sesame and sunflower seeds in a skillet (no oil!).

   

   Fry the seeds in a dry skillet

4. Soak the raisins in water for 5 minutes and squeeze.

   

   Soak the raisins and squeeze them out

5. Add all this to the dough, knead well.

   

   Knead the dough out of all the ingredients

6. Sprinkle a small amount of flour on a baking dish. Put the dough into it, forming a loaf.

   

   Pour the dough into a mold

7. Make a criss-cross cut on the loaf, preferably deep. Send the bread to the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

   

   The bread is fluffy and crispy

The Irish Bran Bread is ready. You can eat it right away or let it stand under a damp linen towel until it cools completely.

Yeast-free rye bread

So, you will need:

• 3 cups rye flour;
• 1 glass of flaxseed flour;
• 0.5 l of sourdough;
• 1 glass of water;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 0.7 teaspoon salt;
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.

1. Take a deep bowl and mix both types of flour in it. Add sourdough there. Dissolve salt and sugar in a glass of water, also pour into a bowl. Knead the dough until soft, like a curd mass, consistency.

   

   Knead all the ingredients into a dough

2. Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil, put the dough into it, smooth the top. Pre-moisten your hands with water - this way the dough will not stick. Cover the dish with a clean towel and leave in a warm place overnight.

   

   Place the dough in a mold and leave to rise in a warm place

3. In the morning, put the dough in the form into the oven. Temperature - 180 degrees, baking time - 25 minutes. Check readiness with a toothpick.

   

   Bake bread for 25 minutes

4. It turns out a very crispy and ruddy loaf. Serve it with first and second courses at any time of the day.

   

   Serve brown bread with the first and second courses

Corn Yeast Bread

Unleavened corn bread came to us from Italy

This recipe for yeast-free bread came to us from sunny Italy. The preparation method is simple and quick, and the taste is gentle, like a Mediterranean breeze. You will need:

• 360 g corn flour;
• 360 g wheat flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 1 tbsp. l. baking powder;
• 240 ml of milk;
• 1 cup sour cream 15%
• 3 tbsp. l. olive oil in the dough and 1 tbsp. l. for greasing a baking sheet;
• 1 large egg.

1. Cook all the food and immediately turn on the oven to warm up to 190 degrees.

   

   Prepare the necessary foods

2. In one bowl, combine all dry foods: both flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In the second bowl, mix everything liquid: milk, egg, butter, sour cream. For reliability, beat with a mixer or blender. Prepare the dough by gradually combining the contents of both bowls. Do not knead for a long time: the food should grab so that the dough is medium thick, like for pancakes.

   

   Mix dry and liquid ingredients in separate bowls

3. Grease a baking dish with butter and pour the dough into it. It is better to cover the metal form with parchment paper.

   

   Put the dough into the mold and send to the oven

4. Depending on the size of the dish and the power of the oven, cornbread will take 35-50 minutes to bake. Check the readiness by piercing the bread with a toothpick.

   

   Check the readiness of the bread with a toothpick

As you can see, yeast-free bread can be delicious and varied, and it is a snap to cook it at home in the oven. We hope that among these recipes you will find the most suitable ones. Tell us in the comments how you make bread without yeast. Enjoy your meal!