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Easy French Baguettes

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Easy French Baguette RecipeDo these french baguettes look familiar? I hope so! They were accompanying the crock pot chicken corn chowder from Monday and today you can find out how to make them!

First, I have to make a confession. I have never made french baguettes. . .Yes, they are in the picture. No, I did not make them.

Easy French Baguette RecipeMy husband made them. In fact, he always makes them. He does such a good job at it that I’ve never even thought about trying.

Why mess with a good thing?! (Especially a good thing like homemade bread!)

I love homemade bread of any kind and always eat way to much of it when it first comes out of the oven. These french baguettes were no exception!

Easy French Baguette RecipeThe outside is crusty and chewy while the inside is perfectly soft.  (See, my husband makes them the best!)

These baguettes are the perfect side to not only corn chowder, but also pasta, salads, and well, just about anything!

Easy French Baguette Recipe

Easy French Baguettes

Yield: 2 baguettes
Bake Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 C all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast
  • 1 C warm water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/2 tbsp water

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine flour, sugar, and yeast. Add water and knead with a dough hook for 5-7 minutes until dough is smooth.
  2. Cover bowl with towel and allow dough to rest for 15 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle dough evenly with salt and knead with dough hook until salt is well incorporated.
  4. Cover with towel and set in a warm place until dough is doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
  5. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll dough out into a 16x12 inch rectangle. Cut dough in half to create two 8x12 inch rectangles. Starting with the 12 inch side, roll each rectangle up tightly. Flatten out air bubbles as you go and taper off the ends.
  6. Place dough on a baking sheet lined with a baking mat or lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  7. Make diagonal slashed across the tops of the loaves. Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.
  8. Preheat oven to 375. Mix together egg white and water in a small bowl. Brush over the tops of loaves.
  9. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
  10. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

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Comments

  4. Ahhh those look so good! I’ve never made French baguette before because most recipes I’ve seen require a special pan (and I already own way to much kitchen equipment). Thank you! I’m totally going to save this.

    Also, because I quickly checked the recipe for special equipment requirements I noticed this. Step 6 in your recipe says: “Place dough on a lined or lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray cookie spray.” Mmmmm cookie spray. 🙂

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  8. wow lucky that’s not in front of me or I would be breaking my diet right now! I love fresh bread! I’ll keep this one in mind for when the diets over ;)!

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  9. Oh these look so yummy and my hubby knew how to make ANYTHING I’d let him and not mess with it that’s for sure….so until his menu widens from boxed mac and cheese and frozen pizzas looks like I’m out of luck 🙂 Count your blessings dear!!

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  12. I’m so impressed that your husband made these! Mine stays as far away from the kitchen as possible. haha. I need to try making french bread at home.

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  16. How lucky are you to have him around! Heehee I would love it if my bf made me bread, or anything really that wasn’t scrambled eggs or grilled cheese >_<. This bread looks PHENOMENAL and I can't believe how simple the recipe seems in comparison to other baguette recipes. Definitely bookmarking this one for a rainy day!

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  22. Well if he doesn’t like chocolate, the least he can do is make you bread! 🙂 Looks so good…all I’d need is some soft butter to spread on it.

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  23. Of course I recognize these!! I was totes eyeballing these loaves in the last post! And way to go hubs… Daaaaang!! 😉

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  30. Oh man, I would be in SO much trouble if my husband knew how to make homemade bread! He would be doing it every day 🙂 The baguettes look fantastic!

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  36. Wow these look awesome! So professional! I’ve got a thing for bread and I’m pretty sure I could eat a whole baguette myself no problem 🙂

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  38. I always thought baking french bread would be a much more complicated undertaking. I am excited to give this a try. Your loaves look wonderful!

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  51. I’ve made these quite a few times and love them!Have you used wheat flour in place of all purpose to make these? I sell at a farmers market and a lot of people were asking about whole wheat items and things like that, so I was thinking of trying it with this recipe.

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  52. I have made these several times now and my husband anxiously waits in the kitchen for them to come out of the oven. Forget letting cool 10 minutes–he’s ready with the softened butter and a knife. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and all the others !!

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  53. I just returned from Paris and was amazed at how everyone could eat copious amounts of bread. I learned that they could eat like that for 1. because they walk a lot and 2. there are not as many preservatives in the bread, like they use in the States. So, I wanted to find a recipe that was good and yours is the winner. Will give it a try and let you know how it goes

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  54. I just made this bread tonight and my family loved it! Can’t wait to check out more of your recipes! I just found your blog today! Thanks!!

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  55. I pinned this some time ago from Pinterest and finally decided to try it! Yum! I made it exactly as you said and it was yum! Thanks so much!

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  56. I just made this! Easy and delicious! Thank you for such an easy and great tasting bread! Wish I could show you pictures! Have a great day!

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  58. Hi! Thanks for the recipe. This turned out fantastic. It’s hard to find good bread recipes that contain regular flour (vs bread flour) yet still yield good results. This was superb and sooo easy!

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  59. This is the 3rd time I have made this bread and it is soooo fantastic! It comes out perfectly consistent every single time! My fam loves loves it! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!!

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  60. Can this recipe be doubled or tripled, also I would like it to be a bit more airy on the inside. Any comments

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  61. This is good bread and an easy recipe to follow. Good with soup or just plain with butter. But for “French bread,” it needs a bit more air inside. It’s a tad dense. Good bread, nonetheless.

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  62. Making this bread right now will serve with homemade garlic butter and go with slow cooker chili con carne. Can’t wait till dinner! Nice and easy recipe, I do not have a mixer so am doing by hand!

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  63. I wonder if i could use self rising flour ? Maybe this will make them less dense and a little more airy? I’m out of all purpose 🙁

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  64. I made these for the first time tonight. My whole family loved them. I am making two more right now. Thank you for the wonderful recipe. They are terrific.

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  66. I made the easy French Baguettes and they were truly easy. They looked good and tasted great but they did not have the normal crunch when I cut them after cooling. The crust was quite soft. Any idea what I did wrong? Thanks again for the wonderful recipe.

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  68. I translated your recipe to metric, adjusted the temperature to C. Just cannot determine what you mean by ‘preheat’. Does that simply mean ‘heat’ the oven in advance?
    Recipe however is fantastic.

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  69. Brought this to a party where other dishes included Butterfinger cheesecake, chicken panang, gyros, greens, bangers & mash, brownies, and about 15-20 others. Even among such competition, these baguettes garnered compliments – even one yelled out the door at me as I was leaving! Thanks for such a crowd-pleasing recipe!

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  72. Just made this tonight and it was awesome. I don’t have a mixer so I did it by hand but otherwise followed the recipe as is. My husband and 3 year old love it…Thank you!

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