Spicy Fennel Bread

This spicy fennel bread recipe is baked in a Dutch oven with pepper flakes, onion, garlic, and fennel seeds. It's 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

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

Turn dough out onto the counter; knead once more. Let rise, 30 to 60 minutes.

Step 6

Meanwhile, 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 7

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