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The Easiest Homemade French Bread

The Easiest Homemade French Bread

Name: The Easiest Homemade French Bread
Prep time: 2 h 52 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Water 1 ¼ cups; Sugar 1 tsp; Active dry yeast 2 ¼ tsp; All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups; Salt 1 ½ tsp

bread in a Dutch Oven!

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3h 30m
Serves 10
Easy
450 °F
(1)

Ingredients

	1 ¼ cups Water warm
	1 tsp Sugar
	2 ¼ tsp Active dry yeast
	2 ½ cups All-purpose flour
	1 ½ tsp Salt

Nutritional information

118

Calories

0.4g

Fat

24.6g

Carbohydrates

3.6g

Protein

0mg

Cholesterol

351mg

Sodium

Cuisine:

French Recipes

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups Water
warm
1 tsp Sugar
2 ¼ tsp Active dry yeast
2 ½ cups All-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp Salt

The Easiest Homemade French Bread

The Easiest Homemade French Bread – made with just five ingredients! And it’s likely you already have them in your kitchen. Besides, this bread looks like it came from a fancy French bakery, but it takes a little effort to whip up your own. So, if the mood strikes to make a loaf of delicious homemade bread this recipe is for you!

I love using my Dutch oven for baking purposes, and it bakes so well. The Dutch oven distributes heat all around and allows the bread to bake evenly. Even if you are a brand-new bread baker, this recipe is a great place to start. The crusty bread with fluffy holes is so good slathered with butter or dipped in olive oil. Undoubtedly, this full-flavored loaf is the perfect companion to any meal or topping!

And if you are looking for even more ways to use your Dutch oven, try out our recipes for No-Knead Pecan Pumpkin Bread or Crusty Cranberry Nut No-Knead Bread.

To make The Easiest Homemade French Bread, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make The Easiest Homemade French Bread

1	Dissolve yeast	10
In a bowl of a stand mixer, combine 1¼ cups warm water, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 2¼ teaspoon dry yeast. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
2	Add flour and salt	1
Add 2½ cups all-purpose flour and 1½ teaspoon salt.
3	Knead	10
Using the dough hook on the lowest speed, mix the ingredients for 10 minutes. Alternatively, knead the dough on a lightly floured surface by hand.
4	Leave to rise	1h
Cover and set aside to rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
5	Shape loaf	1
After an hour, gently transfer the dough to a floured surface. Don’t knead! Fold the edges of the dough towards the middle and pinch them together.
6	Leave to rise	30
Transfer the dough into a generously floured proofing basket or wide bowl seam-side down. Cover and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
7	Preheat oven	15
Place a large Dutch oven with a lid on in the cold oven. Preheat the oven to 450 °F.
8	Place dough into Dutch oven	1
Cover the dough with a piece of parchment paper and flip it upside down. Once the Dutch oven is hot, carefully remove it from the oven and place the parchment paper with the dough inside the hot pot. Cover with the lid and return to the oven.
9	Bake	40
Bake for 30 minutes, then remove the lid and bake for another 10 minutes.
10	Serve
Cool before slicing, serve and enjoy!

Give The Easiest Homemade French Bread recipe a try on a slow day at home! It tastes like it came from a French bakery, but it is so easy to make. Did you enjoy this recipe? Let us know in the comments below.

Nina Cole

Nina dreams of gender equality and for women all over the world to feel empowered and enjoy the same freedom she has. She’s a careful consumer, believing that by being more conscious about the way we live we can make the world a better place! Already a vegetarian, she uses animal products sparingly and tries to produce as little waste as possible. Most of her recipes are vegan as a result!