French Bread

Name: French Bread
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 ml/17½ fl oz/2⅛ cups water; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 450 g/1 lb/4 cups unbleached white bread flour; 10 ml/2 tsp easy bake dried yeast; 10 ml/2 tsp salt; 675 g/1½ lb/6 cups unbleached white bread flour; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup water; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 315 ml/11 fl oz/1⅓ cups water; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups unbleached white bread flour; 5 ml/1 tsp salt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

French bread traditionally has a crisp crust and light, chewy crumb. Use the special French bread setting on your bread machine to help to achieve this unique texture.

Ingredients

Small

Makes 1 Loaf

150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup water
225</

Europe
France
Vegan
Bread
Mediterranean

Method

Add the water to the bread machine pan. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle the flour over the water. Add the salt in a corner. Make an indent in the centre of the flour and add the yeast. Use the French dough/Artisan d