Easy Baguettes

 

 

 

Isaiah 45:5-7

    [5] I am the LORD, and there is no other,

        besides me there is no God;

        I equip you, though you do not know me, 

    [6] that people may know, from the rising of the sun

        and from the west, that there is none besides me;

        I am the LORD, and there is no other. 

    [7] I form light and create darkness;

        I make well-being and create calamity;

        I am the LORD, who does all these things.

3-3/4 bread flour(aerated) 

2-1/4 t salt

2 t yeast

1-1/2 c filtered water 

Mix flour and salt in a bowl, then add yeast and water.

Combine with a wooden spoon until it just comes together (2 min).

Cover and let rise overnight (8-10h).

Remove the lowest oven rack which you will use as the baking surface, and line it with parchment paper.

Preheat your oven to the highest temperature it can go (ideally 500F/260C or more).

Then turn down to 450.

Move dough to a heavily floured surface or use a baking sheet for easy cleanup. Scrape from the edges of the bowl using a hard plastic spatula to avoid collapsing the air bubbles.

Add a little more flour on top of the dough.

Form into a one big rough oblong shape.

Cut dough in half lengthwise.

Transfer each half directly onto the oven rack lined with parchment paper.

Pull ends to stretch into a rough baguette shape.

Do not mash dough at anytime.

To get more air pockets in bread, add a metal tray of ice or cold water right before you add bread dough.

Bake for 25 minutes on the second lowest rack position.

Increase time if necessary, to reach a golden brown color.

I had to add 5 minutes.

Cool before cutting.