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French Loaves Recipe

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My kids love to help me make this delicious bread recipe. It's quite easy and they love that they can be eating fresh bread in less than two hours! —Denise Boutin, Grand Isle, Vermont

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French Loaves Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 15 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

2 tablespoons active dry yeast
2 cups warm water (110° to 115°)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
4-1/2 to 5 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon cornmeal

Directions

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the salt, sugar and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into 12-in.-long loaves.
Place seam side down on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cornmeal.
With a sharp knife, make four shallow slashes across the top of each loaf.
Bake at 450° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 79 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 197 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.

Originally published as French Loaves in Taste of Home February/March 2010, p38

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Reviewed on Mar. 29, 2011 by heatherbether80

My first time making bread loaf from scratch and it came out Perfect!..Great tasting bread which we used to make delicious garlic bread this past weekend. Easy and Fool proof enough for a first timer...I would recommend this to anyone!

Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2011 by aug2295

Nice taste but a little dense, even for French bread.

Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2010 by terri0307

Have made this recipe several times!! I love how easy it is...homemade bread that taste great!

Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2010 by Athena_Wiley

Perfect every time.

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2010 by mama cj

It was so easy and quick to make. The texture was perfect!

Reviewed on Sep. 25, 2010 by baskets92

Forget to rate it with stars!!!!

Reviewed on Sep. 25, 2010 by baskets92

I have made these french loaves a half a dozen times and they are WONDERFUL! Very easy and quick for homemade bread! Made it tonight ~ we had friends over for dinner and they all raved over it!

Reviewed on May. 12, 2010 by jkrasnitski

My husband loves bread with most of his dinners so I decided to try my hand at making it myself. This recipe is easy and delicious. I, too, ended up with very wide loaves the first time. Now I actually cut the dough into 1/4s and make 4 smaller loaves. They freeze really well. Have also tried to add various herbs and turns out yummy too! A real keeper for sure!

Reviewed on May. 12, 2010 by GSHughes

I make this in my bread machine, and the results are wonderful! This makes wonderful garlic bread for our Sunday pasta dinner!