This week in baking, I’m exploring French bread. I started with this recipe as a baseline but added a tsp of sugar to go with my bread machine yeast. I let a pan of water steam in the oven for 30 minutes at 450 before putting the loaves in. Also I covered the loaves in a warm wet bath towel for the final rise and brushed some egg white on the surface before I put them in. The results were pretty good.
The French Bread by Fountains of Fontaine, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Julia Child recommended spritzing water into the oven as the bread baked. She has the ultimate French bread recipe.