French Bread Oven Recipe

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French bread oven recipe.

Relatively new to bread making and have previously been unsuccessful baking french bread. Spritz water into the oven with a clean plant mister and place the bread in the oven. After 30 minutes remove the lid from your dutch oven. The bread should be taller crusty and very lightly browned.

Allrecipes has more than 30 trusted recipes for brioche croissants french bread and crepes complete with ratings reviews and cooking tips. Preheat your oven to 475 f. Bake for 20 minutes. This is the very best french bread that i have had since i left europe many years ago.

Meanwhile place a 6 quart dutch oven or heavy cooking pot with oven safe lid inside the oven. Carefully remove the pot from the oven and place it on a trivet or heat safe surface. Seeing this simple recipe i thought i would give it a try. It rose well had a brown crispy crust and chewy inside simply amazing.

Dust it with a little flour. Using a serrated knife make a diagonal slice every 2 inches or so along the loaf of bread. Immediately remove bread from baking sheet. Whether it s served in a basket with butter or olive oil before dinner alongside the meal or used to make garlic bread stuffed sandwiches or french bread pizza everyone loves french bread.

Preheat the oven to 450 f 230 c with the pot inside for 45 minutes 1 hour. Slash or cross hatch the bread with a sharp knife or lame. Using a sharp knife make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1 4 inch deep across the top of each loaf. Place the baking sheet in the hot oven and immediately toss 3 4 ice cubes on the bottom of the oven this gives a delicious classic french bread crispness to the crust.

Close the oven door quickly. Reduce the heat to 425 f and spritz with water every few minutes for the first 15 minutes of baking. Preheat oven to 375 degrees f. Its famous crust is made by baking the loaves at 400 f for the first five minutes and then misting the loaves with water.

Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes more or until bread sounds hollow when lightly tapped. Looking for french bread recipes. French bread requires a water wash and baking with steam to come out crunchy eggs are a no no on this type of bread. Beat egg white until foamy and brush over top of loaf.

When bread is done use oven mitts to pull the pot out of your oven. To get the steam simply put an oven safe container on the bottom shelf of the oven and use a water spray pump to mist water over the loaves twice while it s baking instead of the egg wash the recipe mentions.