French Bread Loaf (Bread Machine)

Category: Side Dishes | Blog URL: http://ifreelance.com/pro/7958

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: flickr user avlxyz

Ingredients

1 1/2-Pound Loaf Recipe for French Bread

1 1/4 cups Water

3/4 teaspoon Salt

3 1/2 cups King Arthur Bread Flour (Preferred)

2 teaspoons Sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons Olive Oil

1 1/2 tablespoons Honey

2 teaspoons Rapid Rise Yeast

Vegetable or Olive Oil for Pan

1 White of Large Egg

1 tablespoon Water

Cornmeal for sprinkling baking sheet

Preparation

Add water, salt, bread flour, sugar, honey, olive oil, and yeast to bread machine as specified by manufacturer. Select course for dough/manual cycle. When completed (usually 45 minutes for quick dough cycle depending on bread machine) remove dough. Punch down dough and roll on a floured dough cloth into an 10x8 inch rectangle. Beginning at long end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place loaf, seam side down on a greased baking sheet (sprinkled with cornmeal if preferred). Lightly brush loaf with oil. Let rise in warm, draft-free place until almost double in size, 20 to 30 minutes (I usually place it in my oven - not turned on!) With a sharp knife, make

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About

I love to bake bread and have gone through four bread machines from use! I experimented with various recipes and came up this version which is our favorite. It makes a nice size loaf. You can divide it in half and make two small loafs if you prefer. The texture is very nice; soft on the inside and crusty /chewy on the outside. It stays fresh for several days and can be stored in your refrigerator. It never lasts long at our house! It makes excellent toast - such as French Toast also! The addition of other ingredients, such as garlic, parsley, parmesan with the flour will give you other variations on the bread. You could also make this manually by following directions for any manual french bread recipe.