I have been unsuccessful in the making of French bread until recently. That is when I got a second hand bread machine and found this recipe on the internet, found here: http://southernfood.about.com/od/breadmachine/r/bl20223.htm. Success!!! I have learned to love my bread machine. I don’t ever bake my bread in it; I just mix the dough in it. Then I put the rolls, French bread, wheat bread, etc. in my pans and bake them in my own oven. It’s the best. Here is a great way to make homemade French bread.
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Supplies:
Bread machine
Baking sheet
Rolling Pin
Pie pan
Pastry brush
1½ cups water
1 Tbs. vegetable oil
2 Tbs. dry milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups bread flour
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. active dry yeast (1 pkg.)
1 egg white, whisked with 1 Tbs. cold water
Bread machine
Baking sheet
Rolling Pin
Pie pan
Pastry brush
1½ cups water
1 Tbs. vegetable oil
2 Tbs. dry milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups bread flour
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. active dry yeast (1 pkg.)
1 egg white, whisked with 1 Tbs. cold water
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Ingredients should not be anything else but : 1½ cups water
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups bread flour
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. active dry yeast (1 pkg.)
no oil, butter, sugar or eggs.
The most important is to leave the dough to rise once for 30/45 min, press it down with your hand, ply edges to the center, rolls it on your working surface to form a ball (approximatly 200 to 250g).
Then you want to spread your fingers and press the ball down while rolling it up and down.
This should form the baguette shape. This is a very essential part of the proccess (the shaping).
You then leave it to rise 20 more minutes. Preheat the oven at 425°F and bake it for 15 minutes. The crust will form with a little steam (pour water on the bottom of the hot oven and shut the door straight away).
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