Quick homemade bread with fresh yeast

Name: Quick homemade bread with fresh yeast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 600 g All-purpose flour (fine wheat flour); 500 ml Water; 40 g Fresh yeast; 1 tsp Salt; ½ tsp Granulated sugar

Homemade bread from flour, water and fresh yeast: rises only 15 minutes, bakes 30 minutes at 220 °C (425 °F). The dough is just stirred with a spoon.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Temperature: 220 °C (425 °F)
Servings: 1 loaf
Difficulty: Medium

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Quick homemade bread with fresh yeast is a recipe for everyone who has so far been put off baking bread by lengthy preparation. The yeast is dissolved in water with a little sugar, the rest of the water is added, followed gradually by all-purpose flour mixed with salt, and the dough is simply stirred with a spoon. It needs only 15 minutes to rise, then it is shaped into a loaf and baked for 30 minutes at 220 °C (425 °F). You need just five ingredients, which you usually have at home.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour (fine wheat flour) 600 g
Water 500 ml
Fresh yeast 40 g
Salt 1 tsp
Granulated sugar ½ tsp

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Instructions

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Dissolve the yeast in a little water with the sugar. When a starter forms, pour in the remaining water and add the flour mixed with the salt a little at a time.
Work the mixture with a spoon into a smooth, uniform dough.
Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rise for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven.
Shape the dough into a loaf, transfer it to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 220 °C (425 °F) for 30 minutes.

Tip: Shape the soft dough with floured hands on a well-floured surface so it does not stick. The bread is done when it sounds hollow when you tap the bottom crust.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 195 kcal
Protein: 5.7 g
Carbohydrates: 41 g
of which sugars: 0.3 g
Fat: 0.6 g
of which saturates: 0.1 g
Fiber: 1.7 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Rýchly domáci chlieb s čerstvým droždím