Tips tricks for french bread i ve learned over the years.
Bread machine baguette.
Heat 2 cups of water in a kettle.
Do not add the salt with the flour.
They are fantastic warm from the oven or as garlic bread.
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The finished dough.
If you have a bread stone heat it on the top rack.
Slice the baguette at a slight angle then season and oven toast for delicious homemade croutons.
Preheat the oven to 450 f.
Remove the dough from the bread machine and divide it into 3 equal pieces cover them with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let them rest for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for about 30 35 minutes or until golden brown or leave it in the bread machine and continue cooking.
Mix and knead everything together by hand mixer or bread machine set on the dough cycle to make a soft somewhat smooth dough.
Bread machine french baguettes 1654 2 hours 55 minutes.
I use my kitchenaid and follow standard bread making procedures.
It should be cohesive but the surface may still be a bit rough.
The bread machine makes french bread sticks easy enough.
Tips bread machine french baguette recipe.
The tips below are designed to help bread machine novices and or people with limited baking experience.
If you re using a stand mixer knead for about 4 minutes on medium low speed speed 2 on a kitchenaid.
Place a rectangular cake pan or another type of high sided pan on the bottom rack to heat and adjust the top rack halfway up.
This is an excellent recipe for french bread baguettes.
Place the warm water salt semolina flour flour and the dry yeast in the bread machine and set it to the knead function approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Remove the bread and form into a baguette let it rise for 30 minutes.
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Set the bread machine on bread cycle.
To make the dough.
Don t worry if your french bread develops some small cracks while baking even if you scored the bread.
Combine the flour with the yeast mixture and knead for 5 7 min in mixer.
Once risen slash the top of the baguettes with a lame razor blade or even a serrated bread knife.
French bread is tough to make perfectly when you start out because cracking.
This bread machine french bread recipe makes 2 medium sized loaves or 1 large loaf of wonderful crusty bread.