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FRENCH BREAD

Source of Recipe


me






List of Ingredients



• 1 cup water
  
• 2 teaspoons yeast
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 3 cups flour
  






Instructions



1. Dump the ingredients into the bowl according to your bread machine manufacturer's instructions.
   
   
2. Set the bread machine to the dough cycle.
   
   
3. After several minutes, check the dough. If it's too stiff, add up to 1/4 cup more water. The dough should be somewhat sticky and will firm up after the first rise.
   
   
4. After the dough is mixed, remove dough from the machine.
   
   
5. Knead the dough by hand a few times on a greased surface.
   
   
6. Place in a greased bowl to rise - about 1.5 hours or until doubled in bulk.
   
   
7. After the dough has raised, shape as desired and place in greased pans.
   
   
8. Let dough rise again, about 1 hour.
   
   
9. Peheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
   
   
10. Right before placing loaves into the oven, mist oven with water, close door, wait a few moments, open door, place loaves into oven, mist oven again. (I don't do this step and was still very pleased with the results)
    
    
11. Mist 3 minutes later and again 3 minutes later. (again, I don't do this)
    
    
12. Bake until deep golden brown or according to your preference. Roughly 20-25 minutes for baguettes and 30 minutes for batards.