Comments on: Easy French Bread

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!

By: Tera

Tera — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:42:06 +0000

The first two times I made this bread, it didn’t rise at all- hubby said you could have thrown it through a window! I had activated the yeast and knew it was good, so I researched other things that could have gone wrong and determined that it was the temperature of the water I was using. In an attempt to get hot water like the recipe called for, I had been heating it on the stove. Well I read that hot water can basically kill the yeast, so today I just tried it with warm tap water (mine doesn’t get very hot), and the bread finally worked! It was delicious! I don’t know if this could be your problem or not, but I thought I’d share my findings!

By: Jes

Jes — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:41:25 +0000

Thanks Lindsey for a good French bread recipe! We ended up using 4 cups whole wheat flour and 3 1/2 cups unbleached white and it tasted so good fresh out of the oven!!!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:51:56 +0000

I usually let it rise for about 1 hour or so.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:31:33 +0000

about how long does it take to let it rise ( double in size) the first time in a warm oven?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:06 +0000

I have not tried freezing the actual dough for this recipe. I have only frozen the finished product. You can give it a try if you like!

By: JOdy

JOdy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:02:56 +0000

Is there a step where I could freeze the dough?

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:21:44 +0000

I love making bread! I already had a favorite recipe for French baguettes, but thought I’d try this one. I’m so glad I did! It turned out PERFECT! It’s just my husband and I at the moment (we’re expecting our first baby boy in August), so I made four smaller loaves. My husband commented about how perfect and fluffy the bread was! He liked it better than the other baguettes I normally make! I actually used honey infused with lavender which gave it a slightly sweeter flavor. Thanks for the great recipe – I love your website!