True French Breads

Please read the general instructions before making and baking these breads.

True French bread contains neither sugar nor milk. It is a white bread with a long-baked crispy and crackling crust, which makes the best sandwiches with butter, salami, or boiled ham, or country pâté. There is no way to indicate exactly how much water is to be used since each and every flour absorbs it differently.

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