Spicy Fennel Bread

This spicy fennel bread is baked in a Dutch oven with red pepper flakes, onion, garlic, and fennel seeds. It is an easy bread loaf bursting with flavor.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 117 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch white sugar
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoon minced garlic
• 0.5 teaspoon minced onion
• 0.5 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1.5 cups water, at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine water, yeast, and sugar in a measuring cup. Mix well. Let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Whisk flour, fennel seeds, salt, red pepper flakes, onion, and garlic together in a large bowl making sure any flour clumps are broken up. Slowly pour in yeast mixture; stir.

Step 3

Knead by hand until well combined and an even consistency reached. Transfer dough to an oiled bowl, turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and let rest on the countertop, 10 to 14 hours.

Step 4

Turn dough out onto the counter; knead once more. Let rise, 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 5

While bread rises, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Sprinkle bottom of an oven-safe Dutch oven with flour, cover with the lid; place in the oven while preheating.

Step 6

Remove Dutch oven from oven. Carefully place dough in the pot; cover with the lid.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the lid; continue to bake until golden, about 30 minutes more. Remove from the oven; place on a rack to cool.