Crispy French Bread

Name: Crispy French Bread
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz/4½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 350 ml/12 fl oz/1½ cups water; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 600 g/1 lb 5 oz/5¼ cups unbleached white bread flour; 420 ml/15 fl oz/1¾ cups water; 10 ml/2 tsp salt; 7 ml/1¼ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 300 ml/10½ fl oz/1¼ cups water; 400 g/14 oz/3½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp butter; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake dried yeast

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

This is an easy way to make French bread. The French bread programme will produce a light textured bread with the extra crispy crust that is commonly associated with French bread.

Ingredients

Small

300 ml/10½ fl oz/1¼ cups water
400

Europe
France
Vegetarian
Bread
Mediterranean

Method

Pour the water into the bread machine pan. If the manufacturer’s instructions for your particular machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and the dry ingredients.