Easy French Baguettes
If you are looking for the EASIEST and YUMMIEST homemade baguette recipe… look no farther. You have found it! This recipe is adapted from the food nanny's recipe. I made a few adjustments to better fit my liking!
Ingredients
For the yeast mixture
- ½ cup Warm water like a baby's bath or bottle
- 1 ½ tbsp active dry yeast heaping
- 1 tsp sugar
For the rest
- 3 cups all-purpose flour have more on hand incase your dough is too wet!
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 ½ tsp salt try to get a good high quality salt
- 1 cup warm water like a baby's bath or bottle
Instructions
- In a small bowl, measure out ½ cup warm water. Whisk in yeast and sugar. Cover, and set aside to rise. Once you can see bubbles, it is active and ready!
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and salt. Add in active yeast mixture and stir in until mostly combined.
- Slowly add in the warm water. Once water is all in, if the dough is too sticky add in some flour. ¼ cup at a time until dough comes off the edge of the bowl.
- On a lightly floured surface, knead dough until smooth and elastic. Cut into three even pieces. Form a hot dog-like shape with first piece, pinch the edges together. Starting from the center, roll into a long log, the length of your baguette pan. Repeat with other two pieces.
- If you have a baguette pan, use that! If not, shape a sheet of tin foil into two or three cradels, place on top of a wire cooling rack. Poke holes with a toothpick all along the bottom of the tin foil to create a vent system. Spray pan, or tin foil. Place baguettes in their slots. With a sharp knife, cut a slit down the middle of the baguette. Cover with a dish rag and set aside.
- Place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack of your oven. Fill with water. Preheat oven to 450°
- Once oven is fully heated, place baguettes on middle rack in oven and cook for about 10-15 minutes, or until crispy and golden brown.
