If you'd shied away from baking your own bread because you thought it required all sorts of arcane grandmotherly magic or a pricey bread machine to create, you'll love the simplicity of the tutorial we found on Instructables. You'll need a handful of inexpensive ingredients from your local grocer like bread flour and yeast, a kitchen with an oven and a bread pan or two, and you're in business.
The recipe is as simple as spending a few minutes mixing ingredients, waiting for the bread to rise, baking for a bit, and then devouring your yummy oven-fresh bread. It's highly similar to the well-circulated no-knead bread recipe, but the helpful Instructables baker has documented each step of the process. If you're home-baking connoisseur with a favorite quick bread recipe, tell us how it wins the race in the comments. How to Make Bread without a Bread Machine [via SimpleProductivityBlog]