Baguette

Baguette is a thin crunchy (on the outside) soft and fluffy (on the inside) bread that pairs amazingly with my homemade bruschetta. I have such a fascination with making homemade breads, it is one of my favorite things to make with my kids; besides Christmas cookies! I take great joy in cutting, buttering, or adding toppings to bread that I know what is in it. Let's just stop with all this gibberish and get to making the bread...


You Will Need:

1-1/2 Cups Warm Water
5 tsp Yeast
2 tsp Real Salt
2 tbsp Organic Sugar, Honey or Agave
3-4 Cups Organic All-Purpose Flour

Add sugar, warm water, and yeast to a mixing bowl or your stand mixer bowl, stir gently and let bloom for 10 minutes

It bloomed amazingly, smelled so good in the kitchen.. 

After the yeast is bloomed, add salt and flour

Nicely kneaded

Grease a bowl and place in a warm area to rise for 1 to 1 in a half hours

Punch down and start to knead

Knead... 

Roll into a long 'snake' like stick

Place for bread on a lightly greased pan, sprinkled with organic corn meal

Cut nice slices into the tops- 

450 degrees bake 20 minutes or until golden brown and hallow

Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before cutting it, this allows it to become more crispy on the outside