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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. 03, 2010 by katejudy311

This bread was super easy and the results were amazing. So many possibilities for the bread. I sliced it, drizzled on some olive oil, rubbed garlic on it, and toasted it...ahhhh perfection. I am making french toast bake for dinner tomorrow night with the leftovers. Thank you for such a wonderful recipe.

Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2010 by schoochlady

This is the best french bread I have ever made. I have made several batches and it is a favorite in the family.

Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2010 by vaby

This was the very first time that I ever tried to make bread. It was very good. I'm getting ready to make more tomorrow for company. I learned a lot from my first batch...like don't try to use a whisk while mixing in the flour. :-)

Reviewed on Feb. 06, 2010 by HeatherHH

This was fine, but not spectacular. It seemed to have a pretty strong yeast taste, and my loaves when they rose got very wide, more like Italian bread than French.

Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2010 by moncrid

I have made this recipe twice now and my kids and their friends have begged for more. Even made french rolls for bbq beef sandwiches with it.

Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2010 by tarac0202

I made this tonight and it turned out great. It tasted good and was super easy. I did use all purpose flour instead of bread flour and it still turned out great. I will make this again and look forward to trying different varieties like adding garlic or italian seasonings. Good recipe!

Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2010 by twwotn

simple, easy and good. Tasted very good toasted in the next days

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