No Knead Easy Jalapeno Cheddar Bread is an easy beginner recipe for artisan style bread at home with a ton of spicy cheesy flavor!

Fresh, delicious, bakery fresh artisan bread is one of my absolute favorite indulgences.

There is nothing better than a crunchy, salty bread that is bursting with flavor – especially one with a rich and spicy kick like this Easy Jalapeno Cheddar Bread.

This bread is a spinoff of my popular No Knead Herb Bread recipe that is insanely popular – because it is SO easy and delicious!

Be sure to check out both recipes, because your family is going to LOVE all the flavor from these at home artisanal breads!

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This bread is my new favorite thing to bake on the weekends – you can even prep it the night before and let it rise.

I hope you love it as much as we do!

I’ve had a few people ask what they can use if they do not have a dutch oven.

Since this bread is no-knead, it’s really relying on the heat of a very hot dutch oven to help make it light, fluffy, and airy (instead of a gummy, dense bread).

Cast irons help to evenly heat and hold heat, so your bread can bake quickly, and let the crumb lift for springy, delicious home baked bread with a crispy crust.

If you don’t have a dutch oven, you could try this in another heavy pot with a lid, but I really think for the texture to be perfect, it does need the extra heat.

I’ve used traditional and ceramic coated dutch ovens, and both work beautifully.

If you’re looking for a good dutch oven, I’m linking a few below:

One of the great parts of making this dutch oven jalapeno cheddar bread is that it is great

You can make this bread the day before a dinner party or big event if you’d like – which cuts down on prep time, and also lets your bread lift even more!

Wrap the dough up in cellophane tightly before the second rise and immediately refrigerate.

When ready, preheat oven.

Pull out the dough, let it come to room temperature and rise, then punch down to roll into a ball and place into preheated dutch oven using the directions from the recipe below.

Often when I am making no knead bread, I will make a double or even a triple batch, so that I can save some for later.

While you already have the equipment and ingredients ready, you may as well make a couple batches!

If you won’t be using bread dough within a day or two, you can easily freeze and thaw dough for baking later.

Wrap the dough up in cellophane tightly before the second rise and immediately freeze.

Store in freezer for up to four months.

To thaw, place in refrigerator overnight. Let thaw naturally.

Place in warm, prepared bowl and place a warm damp towel over to pre-rise. (While dough is cold, it won’t rise, so think of this as a an extra long rise as the dough comes to temperature, then rises.)

When ready, preheat oven.

When dough has risen, punch down to roll into a ball and place into preheated dutch oven.

Baking perfect bread every time is really easy with this recipe, but we have found a few tips that really help even more.

-Preheat dutch oven.
For super crispy crust and light, airy bread, I prefer thoroughly preheating my dutch oven in the oven while bread rises.

-Bake on parchment paper.
For sssuper easy to remove bread, I bake on a sheet of parchment paper. I use a long strip as a sort of “sling” for the dough, not to protect from sticking to the pan – because it makes it super easy to drop into a preheated dutch oven, and remove when bread is done, without burning fingers. This is totally optional, but it really helps me.

-Top with cheese.
I like to shred a little cheese on top and be sure to place a jalapeno or two on top before baking for extra pretty bread.

-Dust lightly with flour before baking.
This doesn’t only help your bread not stick to the pan, but it gives a lovely artisan bakery look! You can score the top of your bread, too, for a pretty design.

This recipe is not even slightly low carb – but if you’re looking for a delicious and crazy easy keto twist to this home made jalapeno cheddar bread, try my super easy Jalapeno Cheddar Keto Rolls recipe.

There are only four ingredients, and takes less than 5 minutes active time to prep the recipe!

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