French Bread Bread Machineoven Recipes

Steps:

• Place water and oil in bread pan. In a bowl shift 5 c. of flour, add salt and sugar. Pour into bread pan. Make a small indention in top of flour and place yeast there.
• For baking this in the oven, set bread machine on DOUGH cycle. After it kneads, rests, and rising, the machine will beep letting you know the dough is ready.
• Remove dough onto lightly floured surface, cut in half, place in loaf pans, jelly rolls, or roll dough into logs, then place them right next to each other. You can also cut them into smaller chunks and make sub buns. Brush tops with butter, olive oil, or spray with spray oil. Bake 375° for about 35-40 min.

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl.
• Add salt, butter, and flour.
• Attach bowl& dough hook to mixer, turn to Speed 2 and mix about 1 minute or until well blended.
• Knead on Speed 2 about 2 minutes longer.
• Dough will be sticky.
• Put dough in large greased bowl, turning to coat.
• Cover and let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• Punch dough down and divide in half.
• Roll each half into 12" x 15" rectangle.
• Roll dough tightly, from longest side, tapering ends, if needed/wanted.
• Put loaves on greased baking sheets that have been dusted with cornmeal.
• Cover and let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• With sharp knife, make 4 diagonal cuts on top of each loaf.
• Bake at 450F for 25 minutes, then remove from oven.
• Beat egg white and water together and brush each loaf with this mix.
• Return to the oven and bake 5 minutes longer.
• Immediately remove from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
• Serve with your favorite spread such as herbed butter, garlic bread topping, etc.

Steps:

• Place ingredients in bread machine according to manufacturers directions.
• Start machine on dough setting.
• When dough cycle is complete, remove dough with floured hands and cut in half on floured surface.
• Take each half of dough and roll to make a loaf about 12 inches long in the shape of French bread.
• Place on greased baking sheet and cover with a towel.
• Let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 450°.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown, turning pan around once halfway during baking.
• Remove baked loaves to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Add 3/4 cup water, salt, flour, parmesan cheese, garlic powder and yeast to bread machine pan in order suggested by manufacturer.
• Select dough/manual cycle.
• When cycle is complete, remove dough from machine to a lightly floured surface.
• Roll dough into a 15x10 inch rectangle.
• Beginning at long end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll.
• Pinch seams and ends to seal.
• Taper ends by gently rolling back and forth.
• Place loaf, seam side down on a greased baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal.
• Lightly brush loaf with oil.
• Cover and let rise in warm draft-free place until almost double in size, 10 to 15 minutes.
• With a sharp knife, make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep across the top of loaf.
• Lightly beat egg white and 1 tablespoon water; brush some of egg white mixture over top of loaf.
• Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
• Brush again with remaining egg white mixture and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake 5 to 10 minutes more or until done- bread should sound hollow when tapped.
• Remove the bread from the baking sheet and cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Place the sourdough starter, water, olive oil, salt, sugar, yeast, and flour in that order into the pan of a bread machine, set the machine on the dough cycle, and start the machine.
• After the machine has finished its cycle, turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and knead several times; mix in more flour if the dough is very sticky. Cut the dough in half, and roll each piece of dough out into a rectangle about 8 by 12 inches and 1/2-inch thick. Roll the rectangles into loaves the long way, pinch the seams, and taper and pinch the ends of the loaves.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, and sprinkle paper with cornmeal. Place the loaves gently onto the prepared baking sheets, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Place a large baking stone onto the center rack of oven, and place a baking dish onto a lower rack. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Carefully pour boiling water into the baking dish.
• Remove plastic wrap from loaves, and slash several 1/2-inch deep cuts into each loaf with a sharp knife. Whisk egg yolk and milk together in a small bowl until thoroughly mixed, and brush the loaves with the egg yolk mixture.
• Place the loaves into the preheated oven on top of the baking stone, and quickly spray the inside of the oven 4 or 5 times with a water-filled spray bottle. Shut oven door; wait 1 minute, and spray again; repeat twice more, spraying the oven 4 times with water at 1-minute intervals.
• Bake about 15 minutes, and remove the water-filled baking dish. Continue to bake until the bread is browned and the loaves make a hollow sound when thumped, about 15 more minutes. Remove bread to cool on racks.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar, oil, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until blended. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down; return to bowl. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes. , Preheat oven to 375°. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a 16x2-1/2-in. loaf with tapered ends. Sprinkle cornmeal over a greased baking sheet; place loaf on baking sheet. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 25 minutes. , Beat egg white and cold water; brush over dough. With a sharp knife, make diagonal slashes 2 in. apart across top of loaf. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool.