Mason Jar Bread

Mason Jar Bread has been an idea of mine for quite some time. I'm so excited to finally be sharing it with you!

The idea is simple: make bread without measuring cups. For this recipe, all I used to measure was two mason pint jars (you could get by with one) and a tablespoon. If your real spoons actually hold a tablespoon, you could even make this bread without using any "real" measuring tools at all!

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MASON JAR BREAD

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups warm water
• 1 Tbsp. active yeast
• 1 Tbsp. honey
• 4 cups flour*
• Pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS:

1. Measure 2 cups of warm water in a mason jar. Pour it into a big bowl and dissolve the yeast in it. Add the honey and stir the water/yeast/honey mixture. 
2. Measure 2 cups of flour with a dry mason jar and add it to the water/yeast/honey. Stir it together with a wooden spoon. Mix in the salt. 
3. Add more flour, stirring with a wooden spoon until the dough pulls away from the bowl and a ball begins to form.
4. Sprinkle flour on a work surface and kneed the dough, adding the rest of the flour or until it is no longer sticky.*
5. Move the dough to a greased bowl and cover with greased plastic wrap for 1 to 2 hours, or until doubled in size.
6. Grease a cookie sheet and/or sprinkle it with cornmeal. Form the dough into a log, place it on the cookie sheet and cover with greased plastic for 20 minutes.
7. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350.
8. Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

*The weather is rainy; we had to use 1/2 cup more.

I got this recipe from Simple Kids, who got it from the The Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book.

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Updated on May 27, 2017.