Super Simple and Delicious No Knead Bread

1. Place the following 4 ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer and mix with a spoon until the butter is melted. 2 tbsps sugar, 2 tsps salt, 2 tbsps butter, 2 cups hot water

Then add

1. 2 ¼ tsp quick rising yeast
2. 3 cups of flour
3. Mix with the bread hook (just until the flour mixes with the water a bit – it can be all lumpy and stuff – maybe 30 seconds.)

Then add

1. ½ cup hemp hearts
2. ¼ cup molasses
3. 2 cups flour
4. Mix until a ball forms. Knead a few times on a floured surface (I avoid the mess and knead it directly in the bowl) approximately 15 times until nice and smooth. Hold the dough ball in one hand and add a bit of oil to coat the bowl. (Can you tell I don’t like to do dishes?) Place the dough ball into the greased bowl and cover with a tea towel in oven with the light on for one hour.
5. Cut the dough ball into 4 equal pieces. Form into balls and plop into 2 greased bread pans (2 balls per pan). I often make one loaf and further divide the two remaining balls to make 9 buns that I bake in a square 8”X8” glass dish. Cover with your tea towel and place in the oven with the light on for 45 minutes. Remove the tea towel and turn oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for approximately 25 minutes or until golden brown.