Easy French Baguettes
Baguettes are a staple in the french diet. A simple bread that is usually made and eaten on the same day. Simple ingredients produce a tasty and crunchy bread thats used in a variety of ways. This recipe produces a rustic looking baguette without a glaze, requires very little work and no kneading. The dough requires about 8 hours to ferment and rise. I usually make it the night before and bake it in the morning. If wrapped, it will keep for a couple of days.
Required Materials:
Oven
Large mixing bowl
Measuring cup
Measuring spoons
Mixing Spoon
Large Metal spoon(or dough knife)
Sheet of parchement paper (or silicone baking mat)
Ingredients:
3 Cups of bread Flour (or All purpose flour)
1 tsp salt
3/4 tbsp bakers yeast
1-2/3 cup water
All the required materials layed out.
Measure out the flour, salt and yeast and add them to the mixing bowl.
Mix the dry ingredients together well with the end of the mixing spoon.
Add the water evenly over the bread mix.
Stir until you have a ball of dough and no more dry flour is left. You may need to add more water. The dough should be slightly wet and sticky. Scrap the dough off the mixing spoon with the large metal spoon. Mixing should take no more then a minute.
Cover the dough with the parchment and let it set for 8+ hours.
After the dough has rested it will have risen and expanded in size.
Spread a layer of the flour on the parchment paper and scrap the dough out of the bowl with the large metal spoon. Try to let the dough fall out gently and try not to damage the structure of the dough.
Dust the dough with a thin layer of flour so its not so sticky and divide it into 2 pieces with the metal spoon.
Put the piece of parchment paper on the oven baking rack and flip the dough over and stretch it into a baguette shape. Put the bread into the oven preheated to 450F and bake for about 20 minutes checking to see if the crust has turned a golden brown color.
After the bread is baked, let it cool and its ready to eat.
The finished baguette.