How to Make Homemade French Bread

Simple and delicious French bread, fresh from your oven.

This recipe for French bread can’t get much easier. It only takes 4 ingredients plus some oil to brush on for baking.

In the bowl of your stand mixer, you start with 3 1/2 cups bread flour, a teaspoon of salt,

and 2 1/2 teaspoons of instant yeast. Give those a quick stir.

Pour in 1 1/4 cup luke warm water.

Turn on your mixer and mix with the dough hook attachment. Let it run for 14 minutes, then turn it off. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let the dough rise for 20 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, and form two long loaves. Place them on a greased stone, baking sheet or french loaf pan.

Now, I can’t say enough about this French Bread Pan. If you have a kitchen supply nearby, and you have any intention of regularly baking long breads like this, it is a must have. I ordered mine online for a very good price. They are not expensive, but are priceless for making French bread. They sell a “triple” pan for baguettes too.

If you don’t have one, just use a baking sheet.

Let the bread loaves rise in a warm location, covered with a towel, for about an hour until doubled in size.

Looking like bread!

Gently brush the loaves with a little extra virgin olive oil. Bake in a preheated oven (450 degrees) for 16-18 minutes or until they are golden.

Simple Homemade French Bread

Constance Smith - Cosmopolitan Cornbread

Simple and delicious French Bread, fresh from your oven.

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Prep Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 18 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 53 minutes mins

Course Breads

Servings 2 loaves

Calories 94 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 1/2 cups white bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 tsp yeast
• 1 1/4 c warm water
• 1 Tb extra virgin olive oil for brushing

Instructions

 

• In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the dry ingredients and give them a quick stir. Pour in the warm water, and mix with a dough hook. Let it run for 14 minutes, then turn it off. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let the dough rise for 20 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, and form two long loaves. Place them on a greased stone, baking sheet or french loaf pan. Cover with a light cloth and allow to rise until double, about an hour.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Just before baking, lightly brush bread with the oil.
• Bake 16-18 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool the loaves on a rack.
  Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1cCalories: 94kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 118mgFiber: 1g

Nutritional information is auto-generated and the accuracy is not guaranteed.

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