This Easy Homemade French Bread recipe can be made at home! I use it for garlic bread, French bread pizzas and have turned leftovers into croutons! Easy and versatile. All you need is flour, salt, a packet of rapid rise yeast and warm water. Rapid rise yeast is CRUCIAL to making this bread quick and effortless, being that you can totally skip the first rise. Easy-peasy!
Easy Homemade French Bread
This Easy Homemade French Bread recipe can be made at home! I use it for garlic bread, French bread pizzas and have turned leftovers into croutons! Quick easy and versatile!
Yield: 1 loaf
Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 packet {2-1/4 teaspoons} Rapid Rise Yeast
3/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 cup Warm Water
Olive Oil, for greasing
Directions:
In the bowl of your stand mixer pour warm water {110-115 degrees} and sprinkle in one packet of rapid rise yeast. Let the yeast bloom for 5 minutes. Grease a large bowl with olive oil.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl measure and mix the flour with the kosher salt.
Stir the flour into the yeast-water until just combined. Using a dough hook, mix until the dough is smooth and tacky.
Form the dough in to a ball and toss it in the oiled bowl. Roll the dough to coat with oil. Place a damp towel over top and place the bowl in a warm area to rise, double in size.
Punch down, form into a long log and slide into an cool, un-preheated oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees {while the loaf is in the oven} and set the timer for 30 minutes.
