Comments on: Easy French Bread

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:35:11 +0000

I always use white whole wheat flour freshly-ground and it turns out perfectly.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:55 +0000

Can you do this with all fresh-ground flour? I do not have any store bought white flour. What do you think would happen if I tried it this way? Thanks!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:51:36 +0000

Is there a chance that your yeast has expired? That will cause your dough not to rise.

By: Angelita

Angelita — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:23:36 +0000

My bread did not rise at all. It was so dense and yucky. Any ideas why? Could it be that I heated the yeast water too much and it killed the yeast?

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:28:31 +0000

I love this recipe, I’ve used it for making “sandwich loaves” for our family and it’s been great, I’m wondering whether it can be turned into dinner rolls as well, has anyone tried that? I’ve been asked to bring dinner rolls to tomorrow night’s Thanksgiving Dinner and wanted to bring a healthier alternative. Any suggestions? I’m hoping to soak something tonight.
Blessings for a wonderful family-filled Thanksgiving,
Christine :^)

By: Lyns

Lyns — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:00:48 +0000

I’m making this for the second time! The first time it came out superb and tasted wonderful!!!! We really enjoyed it.

I didn’t sprinkle the herbs on top because we had french toast with the other loaf for breakfast the next morning with maple syrup.

Thanks for this amazing recipe!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:57:33 +0000

Just curious, is the resulting dough quite stiff and difficult to kneed? I was going to do it by hand but there was no way so I just let the kitchen aid do it but it is much more dense than other dough I've worked with. Is this right? I made one batch and thought I must have left out a cup of water or something (as I'm prone to do when trying to cook with little ones around) so I finished it, set it aside then, did another batch. Same results so now I have TWO recipes raising in the over. I hope it turns out! We will have bread coming out our ears

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:04:56 +0000

The temperature requirements make this recipe very difficult to soak and get the right final results. I would recommend using sprouted flour.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:01 +0000

Just checking – why isn’t this bread soaked, or is there a way to do it with soaked flour? I’m new to the soaking, but I noticed this one didn’t have that. Thanks!

By: alyssa

alyssa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:29:10 +0000

This is so good! I could eat the whole loaf! I made a 1/2 recipe for just one loaf, but will definitely make more next time!
I’d never attempted french bread before because I thought it was more difficult to get it right and I also figured it wouldn’t taste good with whole wheat flour. Not the case-this was so easy and yummy!
I’m so glad I tried this recipe-thank you!