Place a rectangular cake pan or another type of high sided pan on the bottom rack to heat and adjust the top rack halfway up.
Bread machine baguette.
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Do not add the salt with the flour.
The finished dough.
A signature mark of a baguette is a series of diagonal slashes across the top after the bread has risen.
The tips below are designed to help bread machine novices and or people with limited baking experience.
Tips bread machine french baguette recipe.
This bread machine french bread recipe makes 2 medium sized loaves or 1 large loaf of wonderful crusty bread.
Bread machine french baguettes 1654 2 hours 55 minutes.
If you re using a stand mixer knead for about 4 minutes on medium low speed speed 2 on a kitchenaid.
This bread starts with the basic baguette recipe in the bread machine and is then shaped and finished before being baked in the oven on a baking sheet topped with parchment paper.
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Tips tricks for french bread i ve learned over the years.
Remove dough hook cover work bowl and let sit 15 minutes.
The bread machine makes french bread sticks easy enough.
To make the dough.
It should be cohesive but the surface may still be a bit rough.
If you have a bread stone heat it on the top rack.
I use my kitchenaid and follow standard bread making procedures.
Preheat the oven to 450 f.
Place the warm water salt semolina flour flour and the dry yeast in the bread machine and set it to the knead function approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Remove the dough from the bread machine and divide it into 3 equal pieces cover them with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let them rest for 15 minutes.
Combine the flour with the yeast mixture and knead for 5 7 min in mixer.
Don t worry if your french bread develops some small cracks while baking even if you scored the bread.
This is an excellent recipe for french bread baguettes.
Remove the bread and form into a baguette let it rise for 30 minutes.
Mix and knead everything together by hand mixer or bread machine set on the dough cycle to make a soft somewhat smooth dough.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for about 30 35 minutes or until golden brown or leave it in the bread machine and continue cooking.
Slice the baguette at a slight angle then season and oven toast for delicious homemade croutons.
Once risen slash the top of the baguettes with a lame razor blade or even a serrated bread knife.
French bread is tough to make perfectly when you start out because cracking.