Baguettes

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    6

    loaves, 12 ounces ( 340 g ) each
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Bo Friberg

Published 1989

  • About

The word baguette literally translates as “small rod”; however, most people today would immediately identify it as a French type of chewy white bread with a crisp crust. Baguettes are far and away the most popular bread in France—or in any other French-speaking country for that matter. Currently, about 25 million baguettes are sold in France each day. Baguette loaves are long, thin, and crusty, usually weighing between 10