This bread has me daydreaming of being somewhere in Europe drinking fine wines and eating delicious breads and cheeses like its my job. Of course I've actually never been to Europe (yet), but when I take a bite of this fluffy, airy, crusty top bread, I am transported to a little café on a cobblestone street sitting outside watching beautiful people walk by. This no-knead artisan loaf is that good.

The first time I tried this bread, I thought there was absolutely no way it was going to come out good because there was little prep work, only four ingredients, and I just couldn't grasp how it was going to turn out. Well let me tell ya....it turned out really good.

So good that instead of being this fabulous European woman, the realistic version of me was in workout clothes tearing off a piece of the bread right out of the oven and slathering butter on it standing right there in my kitchen, barefoot, with the dogs staring at me. I think they were judging me.

I have made it a couple times now, and every time it comes out perfect. There are little to no skills required to make this bread, so you have to try it for yourself!

The smell of baking bread throughout the house is something that I will never tire of. It is comfort, it is home, it is mouth watering, and I have decided, completely worth the effort to make. There is something so rewarding about eating bread that your hands and your hands alone made.

I am no bread making master yet, but I did figure out this whole wheat recipe that is a great basic recipe and isn't too hard to make. I have big bread making dreams now that I have a little more understanding of how this homemade bread thing works. I'm hooked.

I told you last week this was either going to be a problem or the best thing I've done in the kitchen in a long time...well it's kind of both. I have this irresistible urge to slather honey butter on the first slice right out of the oven...so usually I do, which I guess could be considered a problem. But what's a girl to do when it's warm and calling for a honey butter bath?

Adventures in Bread Making: No-Knead Artisan Loaf

Adventures in Bread Making: 100% Whole Wheat Bread