Pain Ordinaire au Beurre

Simple daily bread—French-style—is a home baker’s delight. This bread must be eaten the day it is baked, preferably within a few hours, to enjoy the crisp, chewy crust. Try making this bread using French-style flour from The Baker’s Catalogue (see Resources), a domestic flour blended to match a sample of the flour used in Poilâne’s bakery in Paris.