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No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

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This Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread is the BEST savoury bread for sandwiches! It’s packed with spicy pickled jalapeños and real cheddar cheese, and it’s SO easy to make!

Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

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Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

This No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread is a savoury version of my Easy No Knead Artisan Bread that I shared as one of my very first recipes on this blog!  One of my favourite variations of that recipe is this No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan bread – it’s SO cheesy and spicy, and it’s GREAT For sandwiches!! And the best part? It’s SO easy to make it’s almost embarrassing, so anyone can do it! And with my pro tips below, you’ll be a total Artisan Bread pro!

Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

Pro tip#1: Pre-heat your Dutch Oven pot before baking. This bread is baked in an oven-safe Dutch Oven pot which traps in steam, making the crust of the loaf extra crispy and golden brown!

If you’re looking for a great Dutch Oven pot, I will tell you that it’s one of the best investments you can ever make for your kitchen – mine is a total beauty from Le Creuset (affiliate link) and I use it multiple times a week throughout the year for soups, stews, sauces, curries, and of course for baking this bread (if you want my original Dutch Oven Crusty Bread recipe, get it HERE!).  A pot like this one is definitely a financial investment, but considering how much I use mine and considering its high quality, it’s definitely a worthy investment that will last you for 10 or 20 years. I’ve also used similar cast iron pots from other brands, like THIS ONE from KitchenAid and THIS ONE from Lodge Cast Iron (both affiliate links) if you’re looking for something a little less expensive but still high quality – they’re both great!

Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

Pro Tip #2: Shape your loaf firmly but gently and dust the top of the loaf with flour. Creating a round shape will help the loaf bake evenly and dusting the top with flour will create that gorgeous, bakery-style appearance that everyone loves!

Pro Tip #3: Let the loaf cool completely before cutting into it!! Resist the urge to slice the bread while it’s hot. Did you know that after removing a loaf of bread from the oven it continues to bake inside as it cools?? Slicing into this gorgeous loaf too early will cause the inside of the loaf to be under-cooked and gummy. Letting the loaf cool completely before slicing ensures the perfect fluffy texture when you slice into it!

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Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread

This Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread is the BEST savoury bread for sandwiches! It's packed with spicy pickled jalapeños and real cheddar cheese!

Course Baking, Bread, Lunch
Cuisine American, Baking, Comfort Food
Keyword No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 servings
Calories 347 kcal
Author Chrissie (thebusybaker.ca)

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1/2 cup sliced pickled jalapenos (or more, if you wish!)
  • 1 1/2 cups water at room temperature

Instructions

  1. Start with a large bowl and a wooden spoon, and add your flour to the bowl. Measure the yeast and add it to one side of the bowl. Measure the salt and add it to the other side.
  2. Using a wooden spoon, stir the yeast into the flour on its side of the bowl first and then stir the salt into the flour on its side of the bowl. This will prevent the salt mixing directly with the yeast. Give the whole mixture a few good stirs to make sure everything is combined.

  3. Add the sharp cheddar cheese and the sliced jalapenos to the flour mixture and stir until well coated and evenly distributed.

  4. Once the dry ingredients are combined, measure the water. Make sure the water is at room temperature; water that is too warm or too cold can kill the yeast and prevent the bread from rising at all. Pour the water in and stir with a wooden spoon. The dough will be rough and a bit sticky, but that's normal.
  5. Stir until all the flour is combined. This is not normal bread dough (there's no kneading involved in this recipe), so you don't need to be too concerned about the appearance of the dough at this point. Just make sure the ingredients are combined well.
  6. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. It's a good idea to ensure there's adequate space left in the bowl for the dough to at least double in size. Place the bowl in a warm, draft-free place and let it rise for 12-18 hours.
  7. After the dough has risen for 12-18 hours, preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Place your Dutch oven with the lid on in the cold oven and let it heat up with the oven.
  8. Place a piece of parchment paper on the counter and dust it with flour. Rub flour on your hands and scrape the dough away from the sides of the bowl, gathering it in your hands as best you can (it may feel kind of fluid and not at all like regular bread dough) and forming it into a circular loaf on the parchment paper. Don't worry if it still looks a little rough in places. This lends to the rustic look of this loaf.
  9. Once you have it shaped, the dough needs to undergo a second rise (much shorter than the first). The goal is to handle the dough as little as possible at this stage because any amount of tugging at the rough can cause it to deflate after it has undergone its second rise. The next few steps will help prevent this. But don't worry if it deflates a bit. This bread dough is pretty forgiving.
  10. Sprinkle flour over the top of the loaf and loosely cover it with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming over the dough. The flour also prevents the plastic wrap from sticking to the dough so when you take it off at the end of the rise, it doesn't disturb the dough and wreck the rustic shape you've created. Let the dough rise for about 45 minutes. Your oven will also be preheating during this time (and so will your pot).
  11. Once 45 minutes have passed remove the plastic wrap from the dough and trim the parchment paper into a circle closely around the dough. If it doesn't look like the dough has risen that much, don't worry about it. The loaf will puff up a bit when it hits the heat of the oven.
  12. Remove the preheated pot from the oven and transfer the dough into the pot as carefully as possible by handling only the parchment paper. Place the lid on the pot and return it to the oven for 30 minutes. Don't open the oven during this time, and certainly don't take the lid off the pot; the crispness of the crust develops because of the steam that builds up in the pot during this 30 minutes.
  13. After 30 minutes have passed, remove the lid from the pot and continue baking for another 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes have passed, remove the pot with bread from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool. You'll probably hear it crackling as it cools - this is normal.
  14. If you can, resist the urge to cut into the bread until it has pretty much cooled completely. The bread continues to bake on the inside even after it has been removed from the oven and cutting it too early could result in the inside becoming gummy or rubbery.
Nutrition Facts
Easy No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Artisan Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 347 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 29mg 10%
Sodium 1141mg 48%
Potassium 125mg 4%
Total Carbohydrates 49g 16%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Protein 14g 28%
Vitamin A 9.5%
Vitamin C 1.4%
Calcium 21.6%
Iron 18.4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  8. Lee says

    December 15, 2018 at 12:32 pm


    Why do people post when they havent tried the recipe? I look at comments for advice on recipe from someone who actually made it, not looked at the picture and said “oh my goodness! Looks yummy!” I made it, it was great. That’s a useful comment. 😉

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  9. Gurpreet says

    December 30, 2018 at 10:25 pm


    I am so glad I found your posts made the walnut cranberry at Christmas for so many compliments that I was told I had to make it again so not even 4 days later made another loaf plus this jalapeño cheese one it was so easy and yummy. I ended up using the picked juice as part of the water to give it a kick it sure did have a kick. Thank you next one I will try is the everything loaf .

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  10. Miranda says

    January 24, 2019 at 12:28 am

    Are you supposed to transfer it into the Dutch oven and dump it without parchment paper? I left mine on the bottom while baking and after baking it’s like baked into the bread and I can’t get it off! 😩

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    • Chrissie says

      January 29, 2019 at 9:48 am

      Hmm that’s really strange. I bake it both with and without and this has never happened. Perhaps try flouring the parchment paper a little better – it sounds like your dough must have been too sticky!

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    • Nonarae says

      February 20, 2019 at 4:26 am

      Are you sure you are using parchment paper and not wax paper? Parchment shouldn’t stick, whereas wax paper absolutely will…

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  12. Ken says

    February 11, 2019 at 11:23 pm


    Based on flavor and ease of pulling all of the ingredients together I would have rated this five stars. It came together easily and rose beautifully overnight. However, when I took it out of the bowl to mold it into a rough artisan loaf shape the dough collapsed and looked like a pizza! And then it would not rise again during the 45 minute period suggested in the recipe. Nonetheless, I got it in my dutch oven and the smell while baking was amazing. Unfortunately, it came out looking like a flat focaccia bread. No way to slice this and use it for sandwiches. The taste was still incredible and I will happily nibble on leftovers all week, Any thoughts on how I can fix this? I live in southern Florida so not sure if humidity had a role in causing the dough to collapse. Would it be possible to let the dough rise in the dutch oven and just slide that in the oven when ready to bake? I want to make this again!!

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    • Chrissie says

      February 21, 2019 at 9:15 am

      That would work, although preheating the dutch oven is what creates the crispy crust. It sounds like your dough was too wet, and perhaps the humidity did play a role. Try adding a touch more flour next time and it might be better. This has never happened to me, but we live in a drier climate.

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  13. Robbin says

    February 11, 2019 at 11:34 pm


    So delicious! I was dubious about it being no-knead, but it was surprisingly chewy! The perfect bread for chili. I’m making it again, and am going to try grating the cheese smaller and chopping up jalapenos into pieces for better distribution.

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  14. ELICIA W says

    February 12, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    Weird question but I only have a cast iron Dutch oven. would that still work ok? If so do I need to adjust the time or temp? Thanks!

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  15. Penelope says

    February 14, 2019 at 1:29 am

    Making this tomorrow..2 questions..do you shred or small chunk the cheese?
    Do you pat dry the jalapenos? leave them whole? (sorry 3 ?) 🙂
    Thanks for your help & for the great recipe!

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  16. Nonarae says

    February 20, 2019 at 4:27 am

    Mine just came out of the oven!!! I can’t wait to taste it! Jalapeño and cheddar is one of my favorite flavor combos.

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  17. Welsley says

    March 24, 2019 at 11:01 pm


    The flavor of this is just wonderful. I would like to take it to a party but want to know how to handle it so that it is a good at the gathering as it is at home. How do I keep it warm and scrumptious later?

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    • Chrissie says

      June 16, 2019 at 7:11 pm

      I’d recommend baking it as close to the time you want to serve it as possible, or at least on the same day you’ll serve it 🙂

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  18. Kyla says

    April 5, 2019 at 11:55 pm

    I tried making this bread and I’m not sure what I did wrong. It didn’t come out as thick as I was expecting. If it rises 20 hrs infread of 18 does that impact the yeast? I’ve never really made bread before so this is a new thing for me.
    After it baked it looked crusty and awesome but after leaving it to cool overnight it became…soggy? I had wrapped it in plastic wrap on the counter. It tastes alright but the soggy is affecting the taste. I want to the again, but some advice would be helpful. Thanks!

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    • Chrissie says

      June 16, 2019 at 7:03 pm

      I wouldn’t store it in plastic as it cools…this is what probably made it soggy as the steam couldn’t escape. You can store it covered with a clean kitchen towel overnight.

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  19. Ashley says

    April 15, 2019 at 1:08 am

    Is there a way to make this without a dutch oven?
    I would love to make this, but don’t have that kitchen tool.

    Reply

  20. Jenni says

    June 11, 2019 at 1:46 am

    Question… I have “Activated Yeast” not “Instant Yeast”…… Do I do it the same?
    Thank you

    Reply

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