Homemade Baguettes
Directions
- 1Add 3.5 cups of all-purpose or bread flour to a bowl.
- 2Add roughly 3 teaspoons of brown sugar to the flour.
- 3Add 2 to 3 teaspoons of sea salt to the flour.
- 4Mix the dry ingredients with a whisk to avoid lumps.
- 5Pour 1 and 3/4 cups of hot water into a measuring cup.
- 6Add 3 heaping teaspoons of rapid-rise active yeast to the hot water.
- 7Add 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar to the yeast water mixture.
- 8Stir until the sugar and yeast dissolve, then let it sit for a couple of minutes.
- 9Pour the yeast water into the flour mixture and mix with the handle of a wooden spoon until combined.
- 10Cover the bowl with a dishcloth and let it sit on the counter or in an off oven for an hour and a half to rise.
- 11Flour a cutting board generously as the dough is very sticky.
- 12Scrape the risen dough onto the floured surface.
- 13Flour the top of the dough.
- 14Fold the dough over four or five times with a scraper tool until it forms a round ball.
- 15Cut the dough roughly in half with the scraper tool to make two loaves.
- 16Roll and stretch each half of the dough to roughly a loaf shape and give it two or three twists.
- 17Load the shaped dough into a baguette tray. If you don't have one, use a regular baking tray with parchment paper.
- 18Take a very sharp knife or razor blade and score the loaves a few times.
- 19Place the loaves in the oven for about 22-25 minutes at 475 degrees Fahrenheit, reducing the heat to 450 degrees Fahrenheit halfway through.
- 20Remove the golden-brown baguettes from the oven.
- 21Slice a piece of the warm baguette and smother it with butter.
Ingredients
- 3.5 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1.75 cups warm water
- 3 heaping teaspoons rapid rise active yeast
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- butter
Equipment
bowlwhiskwooden spoondish clothovencutting boardscraper toolknifebaguette traybaking trayparchment paperoven mitts
Tips
- You don't have to measure carefully, just be approximate.
- The dough is wet and sticky, so flour your surface well.
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit, cook halfway, then lower to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
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