Bake perfect French Bread in ten minutes
And you thought bread baking was hard? It only takes ten minutes to make this scrumptious french bread! Follow this recipe: Four cups unbleached bread flour 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp yeast warm water as needed Makes two loaves or 16 rolls. Check out the rice bread recipe to see how you can expand on this basic building block of baking.
25 Responses to Bake perfect French Bread in ten minutes
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wait… did you say 38 years of exp? all i can say you cant even do the french bread right i think u need another 38 years to learn better
johnnysan04
May 15, 2012 at 9:59 am
lol where were you this week when I was learning to make french bread and making a video?
Scorpion11381
May 15, 2012 at 10:22 am
You explain very well and clear!! This recipe surprises me though, most ones are including sugar milk butter eggs. I’m about to try this right now!! Thanks!
stasisnu18
May 15, 2012 at 11:07 am
You can get the same effect for a flaky crust by using a spray bottle of water and misting it every 10 mins while baking.
chomponthis510
May 15, 2012 at 11:46 am
Thank you as this turned out awesome!!! It is quite a bit of bread for 2 of us and of course I could give one away, but will this be OK to freeze as I would like to make some more and have it for when we have family over?
nesube
May 15, 2012 at 11:51 am
Thank you for sharing this with us 🙂 I will make it
einstat
May 15, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@ netman21…..thanks so much. been making this for a few days now….however, my dough is setting more flat, not rising.. what flour do you use, and what brand of yeast. thanks so much!!
gopinnov
May 15, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I love this idea! I am going to use it next time. Should work in my brick oven too.
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Yay! Another bread baker!
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Any time you create superheated steam it is dangerous. And I would not use this method in an electric oven. The heating element could break!
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Thank you., I just made some and they came out perfect. So easy.
vafalcon7
May 15, 2012 at 3:17 pm
is it safe to through water in the oven if you have electric stove isn’t it dangerous
sweetshiv1
May 15, 2012 at 3:49 pm
You can get the same great steam results by throwing in a few ice cubes instead of the water.
az1cowgirl
May 15, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Hmm, thats true. Over time that could damage the oven…well,I won’t makefrench bread as often./
MyLipsAreBold
May 15, 2012 at 4:38 pm
I agree however, would you put in a pan of water to make the “steam” if you have an electric oven? I doubt if throwing water on electric elements of an electric oven would be a good idea.
trisha4465
May 15, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Yay! Congratulations. May you enjoy a long life as a baker! 🙂
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 6:06 pm
I did it!! IT TURNED OUT SOOO GREAT!! You’re a great instructor. Very easy instructions and very easy to follow!! Thanks so much! 😀
MyLipsAreBold
May 15, 2012 at 6:09 pm
My dough is rising now! Will let you know how it turns out 😀
MyLipsAreBold
May 15, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Add milk. The essence of French Bread is the crust. For a wonderful chewy soft texture add milk and butter. Say a cup of milk and a stick of butter.
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Good luck! You might be surprised that it takes very little practice!
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Great comments and advice. Thanks. I am a miserable failure at sourdough. I have tried over and over again. I have cultures from the original island in Italy that is supposedly the source of the California sour culture that is so famous. I have a sneaking suspicion that most bakeries actually use sour flavoring. 🙂
netman21
May 15, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Only people who do not bathe, or who turn off the shower to wash themselves, then back on again to rinse, have the right to say a word about anyone’s water use.
Besides, the water is not being “wasted”. Resources to re-treat it, yes. But the water cycle remains intact.
PrincessPetunia
May 15, 2012 at 7:41 pm
I love how friendly and unpretentious your presentation is. You took the ridiculous “enigma” of baking bread out of the process. As a culture, we somehow got the idea that cooking is hard… I just made creamed Swiss Chard… it was delicious and EASY! Now Ia m going to make some French Bread! Thanks so much!
jackbox1971
May 15, 2012 at 8:08 pm
Oh Yea…. what’s not to love about that.
nonameKathleen
May 15, 2012 at 8:37 pm
OMG! the end of the video when you put butter on it and then bit into it and you could hear how crispy and crunchy the outside is just made me giggle! It looks….and sounds so awesome. I too would like to know if you have a sourdough version of this recipe. Also just wanted to say ignor all of the people who want to criticize and tell you how to do things cuz guess what? YOU’RE the one who is actually DOING something & they are just running their mouths. Great job and thanks for the video.
leeln1
May 15, 2012 at 8:50 pm