the best homemade French bread!
We love Homemade Bread and after my mom mastered this homemade French Bread recipe, we now love it too! We’ve officially added it to our go-to bread recipes because it’s amazing.
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 55 minutesCOOK TIME: 20 minutes
2 tablespoons rapid rise yeast – Active dry yeast, instant yeast, and rapid-rise yeast all work for this bread recipe. ½ cup warm water – This is used to activate the yeast. And should be between 110-115 °F 2 cups hot water – adding hot water helps keep the dough warm which helps it rise better 5 tablespoons vegetable oil – canola oil or olive oil 3 tablespoons granulated sugar – helps the yeast rise as well 1 tablespoon salt 6 cups all-purpose flour – bread flour can also be used for this recipe. Either way, be sure to Measure the Flour Correctly 1 egg ¼ cup cornmeal – is used to help keep the bread from sticking to the pan and it adds a delicious texture to the bottom. You can also use vegetable oil instead.
How to Make French Bread
Place a baking stone on the center rack. Preheat oven to 450ºF. Put a metal broiler pan on the rack at the bottom of the oven (at least 4 inches below the baking stone). Once risen, transfer the bread to a baking peel sprinkled with flour. Slash slits on the tops of the loaves and lightly spray the loaves with water. Slide the loaves onto the preheated baking stone and add 1 cup of HOT water to the broiler tray. Reduce the oven temperature to 375°F and bake for 20 minutes. After 10 minutes use the water bottle to spray the bread every 3 minutes for the remainder of the bake time. Use the baking peel to remove the bread from the oven and cool. The result – crusty French bread which is to die for!!
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