With this easy herbed peasant bread recipe, fresh homemade bread has never been easier! It is golden and crispy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. It is also super versatile and done in a just a few hours.
A few of my friends make peasant bread every Sunday, and when you’ve got three friends who don’t know each other but are all doing the same thing, it’s high time to try it.
We baked it last Sunday for the first time and we are totally sold. It is so simple (you make it all in ONE bowl) and so fluffy, and I love that I can start it after church and it’s ready to bake for dinner. It also scores major bonus points for being a no-knead bread dough! You’re going to love it!
Ingredients Needed for Peasant Bread
The ingredients for peasant bread are simple and likely things that you will have on hand already. We love adding the fresh herbs for extra flavor. You can experiment with your favorite combination of herbs or leave out the herbs altogether. Here is what you will need:
- Flour – just regular all purpose flour works great, or you can use bread flour
- Kosher Salt – adds flavor
- Warm Water – the ideal temperature of water for activating yeast is 105-115 degrees F
- Sugar – feeds the yeast so it can properly activate
- Instant Yeast – I’ve found that instant yeast works best rather than active dry yeast
- Rosemary – fresh is preferred, minced fine
- Thyme – fresh is best, but if you want to use dried, just add a couple of pinches
- Parsley – fresh, and finely chopped
- Butter – used for greasing the bowls that the bread will bake in, and when the bread is fresh out of the oven, brush the top with melted butter (or olive oil)
- Flaked Sea Salt – we love sprinkling a little salt on top for extra flavor
The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.
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