Looking for an easy bread recipe?
No-Knead Cranberry Cheese Skillet Bread is the one you have been looking for. It’s crusty on the outside and delicious and tender on the inside! A super easy homemade dough that comes together in just minutes.
This homemade bread is the perfect addition to any meal.
When I saw this Great Midwest® Cranberry Cheddar at the grocery store I knew it would be a delicious cheese to add to my skillet bread. This decadent cheese is the perfect combination of tart cranberries and delicious Wisconsin Cheddar.
While at the grocery store I also picked up a Mango Fire Cheddar that I will be making the yummiest grilled cheeses with! Keep an eye out for that recipe coming soon!
Sorry, I digressed.
Back to the bread I’ve made 3 times in the last 7 days.
The dough comes together so very easily in one bowl (and like the name says with no kneading), then you let it rise in that same bowl. Then gently move it to your cast iron skillet and let it rise one more time.
In the oven it goes to become golden and crusty. Right before the bread comes out of the oven top it with some more Cranberry Cheddar cheese until it becomes gooey.
Let cool and enjoy a piece slathered with butter.
- 2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (1 package)
- 2 cups warm water
- ¾ tablespoon himalayan salt (kosher salt can be substituted)
- 4 cups flour
- olive oil
- ½ cup dried cranberries + safe a few to add to the top of the bread.
- ¾ cup Great Midwest Cranberry Cheddar Cheese + more to sprinkle on top of bread, grated
- In a large mixing bowl combine yeast and warm water.
- Add 1 cup of flour and salt, stir to combine with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in dried cranberries and shredded cheese.
- Add remaining flour just a cup at a time until it is all incorporated.
- Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place.
- Lightly oil the bottom of a 10" or 12" oven proof skillet. I prefer to use a cast-iron skillet.
- Coat your hands with flour and sprinkle the top of the dough with flour. Gently transfer dough to the oiled skillet.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let sit in a warm place for 45 minutes.
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
- Drizzle the top with olive oil and add extra cranberries to the top.
- Score the top of the dough with a knife.
- Bake for 30 minutes until the top of the loaf is golden brown.
- Add remaining grated cheese to the top of the loaf and place back into the oven until cheese has melted.
- Place loaf onto a cooling rack immediately and let the loaf cool completely prior to serving.
This is the perfect bread to add to your holiday table as well as your weeknight dinner! How pretty would this skillet bread look on your Thanksgiving table?
Don’t you think it’s about time to add a new holiday tradition by incorporating Great Midwest® Cheeses into your recipes?
Click here to find out more about the amazing cheeses Great Midwest® Products makes.
Some of their other cheeses are Apple Cinnamon Cheddar, Blueberry Cobbler Cheddar, Chipotle Cheddar to name just a few. Can you just imagine how beautiful a charcuterie board would look with these cheeses?
Until Next Time…
XOXO
Karyn
Eady bread you say!!! Yes please. Bread is my nemisis? This bread looks so delicious and best of all not to difficult to bake
Tara Pittman
This cheese sounds so delicious. The bread sounds even better and I need to make it.
WhatLauraLoves
You had me at cranberry cheese! This sounds so tasty and I love that you don’t have to knead it either! xxx
Maria Magdalena
Wow.. this look like so easy to make. I’m a busy person, I like this recipe! But I think I will add the cheese, our family loves cheese so much!
Ruth I.
I just love the brown parts of this well-cooked bread. This is perfect for morning coffee. I would love to try making this very soon.
Pooja Shama
Wow! this looks so delicious. I would love to bake it and eat it all alone.
Jennifer G
There is nothing better than a good bread recipe. It looks so good. I am going to have to try this out.
Crystal Carder
This looks delicious! I dont know if mine would turn out so yummy looking, but I love trying new bread recipes!
Jess
This looks so good! I’m saving this so I can give it a try soon!
Allison - Celebrating Sweets
This looks freaking amazing! Bread is my weakness!
Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife
This is such a great recipe for all of the upcoming holiday dinners! It’s also a great idea to gift to friends or neighbors.
Bobbi
This bread looks like it would taste amazing. I have always wanted to try a cranberry style bread.
Becky Willis
Wow the cranberries and cheese sound like such a great combination. The only thing keeping from making this is I don’t have an iron skillet. So that will be on my list of things to get so I can make this.
I cannot wait to try it!
Aduke Schulist
I love that it’s no knead and cooked in a cast iron skillet. I need to try this soon.
Hannah Marie
I love bread but it’s just not easy to do it with the recipes I have. This one is the winner, I like that it’s a no knead recipe and it looks so delicious!
vijay
Wow! this looks so delicious. I need to make it.
Anne-Marie
That is one amazing skillet bread! Looking at the pictures I can almost smell it! Looking forward to your grilled cheese with mango fire cheddar!!
Elizabeth | The Recipe Revival
I love using my skillet for recipes like this! I need to find this cheese! It looks so yummy! I would probably eat all this bread in one day… 🙂
Its All About The Yummy
Elizabeth, Just click the link in my post to find out where you can find this delicious cheese near you.
Monica
cranberry cheese ohh yum. i have dried cranberries at home now. this looks so easy and fun to make. maybe for thanksgiving 🙂
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy
I love homemade bread….and using my cast iron skillet. What a great addition the the holiday brunches!!
Melissa Chapman
I am not a baker except from a box but this bread came out so well. I think the flavor mix of cranberries and cheese is so unusual and good.
Candy Rachelle
Wow!! This cranberry cheese bread looks so tasty. I think this is perfect for a holiday. Easy to make and delicious as well. I am sure that my family would love this.
Fatima Torres
Yum! This cheesy bread sounds delicious
Sylvester Vanessa
This bread looks absolutely tasty. I would definitely be duplicating this recipe.
Mina
OMG! This looks like heaven! I have to definitely try to make it anytime soon. Thanks 🙂
robin rue
I have never made bread in a skillet before, but it sounds great. I am adding this to my menu!
Milton Goh
Yum, you must be very good at baking this bread now that you’ve made it so frequently in recent days! It certainly looks crispy and appetizing!
Jessica
This bread looks delicious. I would have never thought of cranberries and cheese together! I need to try!
Stephanie
This looks soooo yummy – and easy to make
Mary Leigh
This looks really good. I’ve never heard of skillet bread before, but this makes me want to try it!
Sarah Bailey
Oh now this sounds right up my street, I love that it is no knead as I just can’t knead things anymore! Thank you.
Amber Myers
Yum, this looks like something I need in my life. If there’s cheese in it, I want it!
Rose
I have a love hate relationship with yeast. This does look good though with the cranberries.
Susie
This look amazing! I’ve never thought of cranberries and cheese together. It doesn’t look too complicated either so will have to give it a try!
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh
No knead bread is awesome! I love that you’ve made this in a skillet, and the cranberry and cheese combo sounds so good.
Julie
You had me at cranberry cheddar cheese – add warm, crusty bread to the mix and that’s my slice of heaven – preferably slathered with butter!
Catherine Brown
WOW, that looks so light and flavorful! I bet this would be delicious toasted for tea or with a good bowl of soup!
Rahul Khurana
Yummy and delicious looking bread. Nice shots and very well written recipe. I think I should try this one. Though my fav bread is the garlic and multigrain ones.
Akamatra
I have been testing different bread recipes for my slow cooker. I’ve been making my own yeast lately too. I am going to try this recipe cause I love cranberries!
Norma
This looks absolutely delicious! I just might have to try it out tomorrow 🙂
Twinkle Gaur
Wow! This looks so delicious. I would love to try this out. Thanks for sharing.
Heidi
I’ve never seen skillet bread before. That’s so fun! We have some issues with wheat at our house, so I can’t try the bread, but I’m definitely interested in that cheese! Thanks for the idea!
Claudia Krusch
No-Knead Cranberry Cheese Skillet Bread looks so delicious and easy to make. I am sure it will be a big hit with my family. I will have to give this a try on the weekend.
Jen Walker
This looks really good and something I would enjoy! I especially like that I don’t have to knead it. I have a weird loathing of that task…..
Denay DeGuzman
This cranberry cheese bread looks so yummy! I want to reach right through my screen and grab a piece. I can hardly wait to make this recipe at home.
Bismah-Bonnie
I love trying out new bread recipes especially those that are fairly easy. The best part about this one is that it can be done in the skillet. Looks delicious too!
Angela Milnes
This recipe looks so good and easy! I need to do this ASAP!
April
This looks fantastic and easy! I saw cranberry cheddar at the grocery store a couple weeks ago I wish I would’ve bought it! Now I’m wondering what it tastes like!
Acupofassamtea
I was looking for a great bread recipe for Thanksgiving then came across to your post. The recipe sounds easy yet exciting. I will give it a try.
Ruth I.
This looks magnificent! I love that you used cranberries to give it a little-added flavor boost! Saving for later, I can’t wait to try it!
Agness of Run Agness Run
This is a really easy, fast and yet appetizing bread recipe, Mary. What kind of flour do you use for preparing this recipe?
Its All About The Yummy
I use All-Purpose flour.
Hannah Marie
I have never heard of skillet bread unless it was corn bread! I also love the fact that it’s no-knead, that has always put me off from making bread so this is a game changer!
Jake Ferrer
Really easy recipe huh. I’d love to try give this recipe a shot. Maybe my kids would love it.
emman damian
This No-Knead Cranberry Cheese Skillet Bread looks so good! I will try this recipe later.
Khushboo
That’s a simple recipe and it’s yummy..will surely try this recipe soon.. thanks for sharing this recipe with us..
Anne Hernandez
Wow, that looks delish. Pinned it! 😀
Rezel Kealoha
Okay. I love anything made in a skillet esp if its easy and has cheese! And it’s perfect for the holidays!
Laura
This bread looks delicious! I’ll bet that cheese is good on crackers too
Its All About The Yummy
It does!
Mischelle
That looks yummy..
Its All About The Yummy
Thank you, Mischelle!
Autumn Murray
You had me at easy! This looks delicious, adding to my list of new recipes. Thank you.
Holly
A no knead bread is always awesome! It sounds really yummy. That cheese sounds like it could really be yummy.
Jen Temcio
The bread looks so fancy but then reading how to make it sounds easy enough. I love cranberry with cheddar cheese. I am going to take this to Christmas celebrations.
Crystal Carder
Bread is like the one thing I can make really good, but this recipe would put me over the top! I love how easy you said it was and it looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing it.
Kate | The Organized Dream
This is a pretty awesome recipe. I never knew you could make bread this way!
Cat Khanh
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It seems really simple and I want to try it out someday. I love the taste of bread and cheddar cheese!
Gingermommy
This looks so delicious and festive. I love bread so much and I am going to have to try and make this.
Joan Cajic
This bread looks so good who doesn’t love no knead recipes.
Pooja Shama
This is mouth watering and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing! I usually try something new during the weekend. Just added this to the list.
Joanie @ One Dish Kitchen
This skillet bread looks fantastic! I love the cheddar and cranberry combo.
Athena
That looks delicious. This weekend I just gave my daughter her first lesson on making bread. Now it is time to step it up a notch and we may try this!
Sharon
Yessss! I love homemade bread – especially when cooked in a skillet. So easy and cleanup is a breeze. Cannot wait to try this incredible combo of carbs, cheese, and cranberries!
Adaleta
This looks like an amazing I am totally saving this recipe to make later!!
Kathy
This looks so good. My family loves bread! I think they’re going to love this too. I can’t wait to try it.
Jasmine Eclipse
No knead bread?! This sounds like heaven!! Wow I can’t wait to try out this recipe!
Jennifer L
Oh wow this break looks so easy to make and delicious too. Ive never tried making bread because I always think its going to be so hard to make. Def doing this for the holidays.
Khushboo
Baking is not my forte but you make it seems so easy peasy. I am tempted to give this one a try and I hope it works out 🙂
Carissa Shaw
How beautiful! This looks so easy and delicious. Can’t wait to try!
Cassie
You had me at no-knead! Can’t wait to try this – seriously! What an interesting mix of flavours!
Stephanie
That bread looks delicious! I really need to get a pan that can go in the oven so I can try recipes like this.
Jen Temcio
Nothing beats fresh, homemade bread. Adding cheddar and cranberry flavors to it is outstanding. Great recipe.
Leigh Anne Borders
This looks soooo yummy! I do not think I have ever made bread in a skillet like this before but I know I want to.
Alice Boswell
I never really had a good luck making a bread. I hope I will be successful this time. It looks easy enough.
Liz
This looks so yummy and easy! I’ll have to give this a try
Heather
This bread looks amazing. I can’t wait to try in my cast iron pan!
Deb Savage
I am always up for trying new bread recipes! This one looks like it is easy enough for me.
Blair villanueva
Your recipe looks delicious! I’ll share this to my Mom, she will love it 🙂
Christine
Looks so good!
Holly
Love cranberry! This would be a nice addition to holiday soups!
David Elliott
I have used a cast iron skillet for many things but never for bread making before. This bread does look delicious though. I will have to try it out sometime.
Mike
This sounds so delicious. Great recipe for the holidays thanks for sharing!
Jake Ferrer
Oh this looks so delicious! I think i should try this for my family. It’s a perfect breakfast for us.
Andrea
Looks good – but i do have one question – i have candida (it’s a yeast issue) – is there anything i can use to substitute for the yeast in this recipe?
Its All About The Yummy
Andrea, I read (although I’ve never tried it) that you can use equal parts baking soda and lemon juice to replace yeast in a recipe. If you try it let me know how it works out.
Candy Rachelle
This cranberry cheese bread looks so delicious and really tasty. My friend is looking for an easy to make bread recipe and I am pretty sure that she will like this cranberry cheese bread recipe.
Thomas
Yessss! I love homemade bread – especially when cooked in a skillet. So easy and cleanup is a breeze.
Its All About The Yummy
Thomas, that is definitely the truth!
Suzan Moore
What temp do you preheat oven to
Mary
Hi Suzan, So sorry the degrees was left off of the recipe. It’s 350 degrees.