French Bread

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I bought a nonstick baguette pan and I decided to bake French Bread. I used my bread machine to knead the dough and I baked the baguettes in the oven. Here is the recipe I used from the instruction manual of my Welbilt bread machine. It was so good with a crunchy crust, soft inside..... and it was gone within minutes of being pulled from the oven.

Ingredients:

Dough:

1 cup + 2 tablespoon water

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons sugar

3 cups bread flour

2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Glaze:

1 egg white

2 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted (optional)

Place ingredients in bread machine in the order listed. All ingredients must be at room temperature.

Start machine on dough setting.

When dough cycle is complete, remove it with floured hands and place it on floured surface.

Let it rest for 5 minutes and then cut in half.

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 glaze each baguette with egg white.
Slash 5 times diagonally with a very sharp knife or a pair of scissors.

Place in a warm place and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 400°.

Glaze uslashed portions again with egg white.

Bake on the middle rack for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove baked loaves to wire racks to cool.

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