No knead❗️Why do I put the dough over 2 candles? Easy, runny dough with no hassle!

Jul 27, 2026 #rezeptevonRoman #recipes #bread
This no-knead bread is made from a soft, elastic dough and turns out with an incredibly airy, moist crumb full of big bubbles. 🍞 Using a quirky trick with two tealight candles, the yeast dough rises beautifully—no mixer or tiring kneading needed!

The dough almost looks alive: it puffs up, forms huge bubbles, and can be stretched into super-thin strands without tearing right away. In today’s video, I’ll walk you through step-by-step how to bake this simple bread at home. ✨

🔥 In this video, you’ll see:
✅ How to make a soft bread dough without kneading
✅ Why the dough develops such big bubbles
✅ How I let the dough rise over two tealight candles
✅ How to tell when the dough is well-developed and elastic
✅ How the dough stretches into fine, thin fibers
✅ How to get that airy, juicy bread crumb
✅ The finished bread with its impressive porous texture

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Ingredients and recipe:
600 ml ice water (3 glasses or 20.3 fl oz)
8 g yeast (2 teaspoons or 0.3 oz)
20 g sugar (1 tablespoon or 0.7 oz)
1. Whisk together
Flour 700 g (4.7 glasses or 24.7 oz)
2. Mix with a dough scraper
3. Add the flour in portions
Starch 15 g (1 tbsp or 0.5 oz)
4. Mix well
5. Why do we add starch to the dough? I’ll explain at the end
6. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes
7. No kneading needed, autolyse does all the work for us
Salt 5 g (1 tsp or 0.2 oz)
8. Spray with water
9. Distribute the salt by hand
10. Fold the dough while stretching it well
11. If it’s very sticky, wet your hand with water
12. The dough is super elastic! All without kneading!
13. Gluten window test – perfect!
Sunflower oil 20 ml (1/6 glass or 0.7 fl oz)
14. Grease the dough with your hands, no kneading needed
15. Watch the video till the end—I’ll show you a really handy trick!
15. Cover the dough and let it rest for 40 minutes
16. The dough is very soft and airy
17. Fold the dough, follow my lead
18. This is the softest and most elastic dough I’ve ever seen
19. Cover the dough with a lid
20. Now comes a super useful trick
21. Light two candles
22. Place the dough over the candles
23. Cover the dough and let it rest for 40 minutes
24. Wow! Look at this fantastic dough!
25. This candle method is genius
26. The dough is incredibly airy and very soft
27. So, shall we finally touch it? I can hardly wait 😁
28. This is amazing! I’ve never seen or touched anything like this before!
29. This is the most elastic and soft dough ever!
30. Add a bit of sunflower oil
31. Place the dough on the table
32. Dust with flour and shape into a ball
33. Dough weight: 1385 g (48.9 oz)
34. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces
35. Shape these into balls
36. I added some sunflower oil
37. This makes the dough easier to handle
38. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes
39. Roll the dough out by hand to 25 × 40 cm
40. No kneading needed for this recipe, and you don’t even need a rolling pin!
41. Cut the dough into shapes with a patterned rolling pin
42. Fold and shape into a pretty bun
43. Place on a baking sheet
44. Shape the remaining buns
45. It’s super easy, follow along with me
46. Can you roll out the dough by hand?
47. This method is very simple, even beginners can do it
48. Cover and let rest for 1 hour
49. They’re incredibly soft and airy!
50. Beat 1 egg
51. Brush the bread with egg
52. Sprinkle with oregano
53. Sprinkle with black sesame seeds
54. Sprinkle with flax seeds
55. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 °C (360 °F)
56. What a beautiful, golden-brown bread!
57. Let’s brew a delicious tea
Mountain herbs 8 g (2 tsp or 0.3 oz)
Black tea 8 g (2 tsp or 0.3 oz)
Fir cone jam 20 g (1 tbsp or 0.7 oz)

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