Bread Machine French Style Bread

Chefiebig's Note:

Crusty loaf. And how simple in a bread machine!

• Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 1 ¼ cups water
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 2⁄3; cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons dry active yeast

Directions:

1. Measure ingredients into baking pan in order listed.
2. Black& Decker Setting 6 (Specialty- French 3H 30M cycle).

Reviews

[kaec]

Great bread, crispy outside chewy inside, excellent flavor and texture. I also used the dough cycle then let it rise for about another 1 on top of the warm stove. After baking it I cut 6 deep slits in the loaf, spread garlic butter inside the slits then stuffed with cheese and baked for another 15 minutes. YUMMY! Thanks.

[Evie*]

Delicious loaf..I made Tortilla Soup and served warm slices of this to go with it, my family really enjoyed it. The French setting on my machine is 3 hrs and 50 minutes. Thanks for sharing.

[Jezski]

This is a Winner! Been experimenting with making Brown & Serve breads. This recipe is perfect. I used the bread machine to make the dough, took it out, formed it into 2 slim baguettes. Baked until just barely colored, cooled on a rack. Wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in ziplock bag. Froze for about a week. Thawed and baked at 350 until nicely browned. Very crusty, very tasty. Chefie, thanks for the recipe; it worked perfectly,. I'll be using this a lot . . . Janet