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    French Bread Recipe | Baguette Recipe | French Loaf Recipe

    May 31, 2019 By Aarthi 14 Comments

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    Making french bread at home is so easy than you can imagine. You can make this bread from start to finish in under 1 hour.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1. About French Bread
    2. Ingredients for French Bread
    3. How to Make French Bread
    4. French Bread Recipe | Baquette Recipe | French Loaf
    5. French Bread with Step by Step Pictures

    Baguette Recipe

    Simple & Easy French Bread Recipe - Under 1 Hour with step wise pictures. One of the easiest bread you could ever make. This dough can be put together in just few mins. The bread taste so yummy when served freshly sliced.

    This bread is so easy to make. You can use a combination of wheat flour and regular flour. You can make this in an instant and it taste best when served warm with some butter. Make this into so many variation. Will share all the version soon.

    About French Bread

    French bread is typically made from wheat flour, water, yeast and salt. By law in France, the long loaves and boules (round loaves) cannot have added oil or fat. Brioche, a soft loaf with a high egg and butter content, is considered a pastry. Italian bread often contains a bit of milk or olive oil, and sometimes a bit of sugar. The baguette bread first existed in its most fundamental form in the seventeenth century, then through a series of modifications and alterations until being given that name (legally) in 1920.

    Similar Recipes,

    Christmas Sweet Bread, Semolina Bread, Cheese Bread, Wheat Bread with Gluten, Wheat Bran Bread, Oats Bread, White Sandwich Bread, Soda Bread Rolls.

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    Shape of french bread

    French bread tends to be longer and narrower. The shape is very important in a french bread. Sliced french bread is toasted and turned into bruschetta and garlic toast.

    Texture of the bread

    French bread tends to be hard and crusty on the outside, with a light and soft crumb. 

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    Ingredients for French Bread

    All Purpose Flour

    all-purpose flour contains more protein, it gives the crumb a more chewy, fluffy feel, similar to bakery Artisan bread, and it keeps the bread fresher for longer.

    Dry Yeast

    If you are using the active dry yeast make sure to activate it first before proceeding with the recipe. You can use either instant or active dry yeast, but I recommend instant yeast (also known as rapid rise or quick rise east). The bread will rise more quickly.

    Olive Oil

    Everyone in France consumes bread and olive oil on a regular basis. After all, its an old match that dates back to the origins of both ingredients.

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    How to Make French Bread

    • Take warm water, sugar and yeast in a bowl and mix well. let it sit for 2 to 3 mins to activate.
    • Add in flour, salt and mix well to form a sticky dough.
    • Add in oil and mix well to form a soft dough.
    • Take the dough in a surface.Add more flour and knead well.
    • Now spread it like a rectangle. Start rolling from an end tight and seal the edges.
    • Take this in a parchment lined baking pan and leave to rise for 30 mins.
    • Now use a sharp knife and make few slashes on the top.
    • Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Place a baking sheet in the bottom of the oven to heat up in which we will put ice cubes once we put the bread in.
    • Put the bread tray in the middle rack of a preheated oven and bake for 20 to 22 mins till top is golden.
    • Once you put the tray in oven, put few ice cubes in the bottom tray so steam can build up which will give your the signature chewy crust.
    • Once the bread is baked. Remove it and cool completely.
    • Slice and serve.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

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    French Bread Recipe | Baquette Recipe | French Loaf

    Aarthi
    Making french bread at home is so easy than you can imagine. You can make this bread from start to finish in under 1 hour.
    4.92 from 12 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Main
    Cuisine France
    Servings 1 loaf bread
    Aarthi

    Ingredients
      

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups + as needed
    • Warm Water - 1 cup
    • Sugar - 1 tblsp
    • Salt - 1 tsp
    • Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp
    • Olive Oil - 2 tblsp

    Instructions
     

    • Take warm water, sugar and yeast in a bowl and mix well. let it sit for 2 to 3 mins to activate.
    • Add in flour, salt and mix well to form a sticky dough.
    • Add in oil and mix well to form a soft dough.
    • Take the dough in a surface.Add more flour and knead well.
    • Now spread it like a rectangle. Start rolling from an end tight and seal the edges.
    • Now take this in a parchment lined baking pan and leave to rise for 30 mins.
    • Now use a sharp knife and make few slashes on the top.
    • Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Place a baking sheet in the bottom of the oven to heat up in which we will put ice cubes once we put the bread in.
    • Put the bread tray in the middle rack of a preheated oven and bake for 20 to 22 mins till top is golden.
    • Once you put the tray in oven, put few ice cubes in the bottom tray so steam can build up which will give your the signature chewy crust.
    • Once the bread is baked. Remove it and cool completely.
    • Slice and serve.
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    French Bread with Step by Step Pictures

     

    1)Take warm water in a bowl

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    2)Add sugar

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    3)Add dry yeast

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    4)mix well

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    5)Add flour

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    6)Add salt

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    7)Mix well

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    8)Add oil

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    9)Mix well

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    10)Take the dough in a surface and sprinkle with flour and knead well.

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    11)Knead till smooth

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    12)Spread the dough in a rectangle shape

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    13)Start rolling

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    14)Roll it tight

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    15)Like this

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    16)Place the bread in a baking sheet

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    17)Let it rise for 30 mins

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    18)Make slashes all over them

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    19)Pop this in center of the oven

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    20)take few ice cubes

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    21)Throw them at the bottom of the tray and bake till golden

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    22)Remove and cool

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    23)Look at that chewy crust

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    24)This is what the inside looks like. So perfect.

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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. Karishma

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      5 stars
      Hi arti.lovely recipe.can we use instant yeaast

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      • Aarthi

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        yes u can

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    2. Kanchana

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      Can we prepare this in stove top

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      • Aarthi

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        Not so sure about that dear.

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    3. Aswathy

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      Is it OK if I skip putting ice cubes while Baking. Mine is a small oven and there's no racks I usually bake in lower rack and there's no space to put ice cubes.

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      • Aarthi

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        Just keep a stainless bowl near the bread and place icecubes in it once it is hot.

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    4. Swetha

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      4 stars
      Hi Arti
      I tried it today. The bread came out very soft. It was not chewy and the top was not hard crust. I have put 8. -10 ice cubes. I kneaded the dough for 5 to 7 min.

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    5. Jyotsna

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      5 stars
      Made this yesterday came out really well

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    6. Naj

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      5 stars
      Perfect.

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    7. Franchelle Raj

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      5 stars
      I tried it with half wheat flour and half all purpose flour. It came out fabulous. My kids devoured it.

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    8. Afia

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      5 stars
      Aarthi why we are using ice cubes for what purpose????

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      • Aarthi

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        ice cubes added in hot tray with create steam. Steam makes the bread crusty

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    9. Gurkiran

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      5 stars
      Do we have to cover the dough when we leave it for half hour to rise

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    10. Dinah

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      Great recipe. Tried with half atta half Maida. And used it to make ur garlic French bread recipe.

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