This bread machine french bread recipe makes 2 medium sized loaves or 1 large loaf of wonderful crusty bread.
Bread machine baguette.
Do not add the salt with the flour.
Slice the baguette at a slight angle then season and oven toast for delicious homemade croutons.
The bread machine makes french bread sticks easy enough.
Mix and knead everything together by hand mixer or bread machine set on the dough cycle to make a soft somewhat smooth dough.
Remove the bread and form into a baguette let it rise for 30 minutes.
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 the oven to 450 f.
If you re using a stand mixer knead for about 4 minutes on medium low speed speed 2 on a kitchenaid.
It should be cohesive but the surface may still be a bit rough.
Tips bread machine french baguette recipe.
Don t worry if your french bread develops some small cracks while baking even if you scored the bread.
This is an excellent recipe for french bread baguettes.
The finished dough.
Bread machine french baguettes 1654 2 hours 55 minutes.
French bread is tough to make perfectly when you start out because cracking.
Set the bread machine on bread cycle.
Tips tricks for french bread i ve learned over the years.
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.
I use my kitchenaid and follow standard bread making procedures.
Heat 2 cups of water in a kettle.
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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.
A signature mark of a baguette is a series of diagonal slashes across the top after the bread has risen.
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.
To make the dough.
They are fantastic warm from the oven or as garlic bread.
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.
The tips below are designed to help bread machine novices and or people with limited baking experience.
This bread starts with the basic baguette recipe in the bread machine and is then shaped and finished before being baked in the oven on a baking sheet topped with parchment paper.