GranNini's Baguettes
Recipe
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 cups flour + 1/2 cup flour
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, pour in the warm water. Sprinkle with yeast and sugar, and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir in salt.
- Gently add in flour, one cup at a time, until you have mixed in four cups of flour.
- Place your dough onto a clean surface, and begin to knead. Use the remaining 1/2 cup of flour to cover your surface area, and allow it to slowly add to your dough ball as you knead.
- Knead your dough for a good 8 to 10 minutes. It will seem like forever, but trust me, it's worth it.
- Wash your large bowl, then grease it. Plop your kneaded dough into bowl and cover it with saran wrap. Pop it in the proofer for 1 1/2 hours.
- Turn your oven on to 375°. Fill a large casserole dish 1/2 way up with water and place it in your oven.
- Split your dough into three sections.
- Form your dough into a flat rectangle. Fold the end over itself longwise, and seal the ends.
- Press the dough out into a flat rectangle again, and repeat -- folding the end over itself longwise and sealing the end.
- Repeat one last time by pressing the dough out into a flat rectangle, fold the end over itself longwise and seal the end. You should have a perfectly shaped, perfect size baguette.
- Lightly coat your baguette pan with cooking spray.
- Place the baguette seam side down.
- Repeat the dough shaping instructions for the remaining two sections of dough.
- Allow the dough to rise for 30 minutes.
- Using a sharp knife or a razor blade, make three diagonal slashes across each loaf of dough.
- Pop the bread into the steamy oven and bake for 31 minutes, or until brown.
- The crust should be crispy and chewy on the outside, and the inside should be soft and perfectly baked through.
- Enjoy!
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