French Bread Baguettes
These homemade baguettes are soft and flavorful. Perfect for dipping in sauces or filling up with sandwich meats.
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp yeast
- 2 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 5 cups bread flour
- 1 egg white
Instructions
- In a glass measuring cup add the warm water, sugar and yeast. Mix until combined and then let sit for 5-10 minutes until its foamy. If after 10 minutes it does not look foamy, the yeast is dead and you need to start over with new yeast.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the salt, olive oil and bread flour. Stir with a wooden spoon.
- Pour the foamy yeast mixture in and stir until a soft down is formed.
- Knead with your hands for 5 minutes and then cover with a towel and allow the dough to rise for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours place the dough on a floured counter, knead the dough for 2 minutes and then cut with a bench scrapper into 4 even amounts
- Roll and stretch each dough mound until it will easily fit into the baguette pan
- Spray the pan with non-stick spray and place the dough inside each baguette mold
- Cover and allow to rise for 2 more hours. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- After the second rise, cut 3-4 shallow slices in the top of the bread, take the egg white and whisk it until frothy. Paint the egg white all over the top of the bread with a pastry brush.
- Place the bread in the oven for 18 minutes
- Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes before taking off of the pan.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 612kcal Carbohydrates: 120g Protein: 20g Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 1g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Sodium: 1476mg Potassium: 178mg Fiber: 4g Sugar: 7g Vitamin A: 3IU Vitamin C: 0.003mg Calcium: 29mg Iron: 1mg