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5/14/2010

Classic French Bread

Yummy!

I just made two loaves of French Bread. It "should" be turned into croutons tomorrow if it doesn't get eaten tonight.

This is for two pounds of dough.

1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tsp kosher salt
4 1/2 cups bread flour
3 tsp bread machine yeast
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder-optional
3 tbs shredded Parmesan cheese-optional

1 egg white
1 tbs water

Add water, salt, bread flour, and yeast to bread machine pan in the order suggested by manufacturer. Select dough/manual cycle.

When cycle is complete, remove dough from machine to a lightly floured surface. If necessary, knead in enough flour to make dough easy to handle. Split dough in half. Roll dough into a 15 x 10-inch rectangle. Beginning at long end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Taper ends by gently rolling back and forth. Place each loaf, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal. Lightly brush each loaf with oil. Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place until almost doubled in size, 10 to 15 minutes.

With a sharp knife, make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep across the top of each loaf. Lightly beat egg white and 1 tablespoon water; brush some of egg white mixture over top of each loaf.

Bake at 375F for 20 minutes. Brush again with remaining egg white mixture. Bake 5 to 10 minutes more or until done - bread should sound hollow when tapped. (For even browning when baking two loaves, switch positions of sheets halfway through baking.) Remove the bread[s] from the sheet[s]; cool on a wire rack



1 comment:

Rebekah said...

I'm gonna have to give this a try with a big pot of spaghetti.