Homemade French Bread
Homemade French bread is a simple yet classic recipe that delivers a crisp, golden crust with a soft and airy interior. Made with just a few pantry staples like flour, water, yeast, and salt, this bread is perfect for sandwiches, toast, or enjoying warm with butter.
Equipment
- 1 Stand or Hand Mixer
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Sheet Pan for Bread
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 C Warm Water
- 2 Tbsp Sugar
- 2 Packets Active Dry Yeast
- 2 Tbsp Oil extra virgin
- 2 tsp Salt
- 5-6 C Bread Flour
Instructions
- Add warm water, yeast and sugar to mixing bowl.
- Whisk to combine and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients to bowl. (Start with 5 C of bread flour and add more if dough is too wet. I used a total of 6 C.)
- Knead with dough hook for 5-8 minutes.
- Oil or butter your resting bowl.
- Add dough and let rest/rise for one hour.
- Punch dough down and begin to form loaves.
- I split dough into two, forming into loaf shape and placing slits on top.
- Let loaves sit in loaf pan for an additional 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees C.
- Bake loaves in the oven for 35 minutes.
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Notes
When baking these loaves, I like to toss some water on the bottom of the oven to allow the steam to keep the bread from drying out.
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