Every problem has a solution. Well, my problem was that I wanted garlic bread and had no bread. I thought, at first, that I could use sandwich bread. I opened the microwave (my bread box) and...
The color of the bread matched a cute goth nail polish that I have. Green-ish, grey-ish, black-ish colors, though lovely on nails, are not so appealing on bread! That wasn't working for me. I no longer own a bread baking book. Every recipe I can find calls for bread machines or a ton of ingredients. I was bound and determined to make garlic bread, but first I needed bread. It had to be good. It had to be moist. It had to have only a few simple ingredients. And it had to be very simple. I am a homeschool mom. I have three children. I do not have time to slave over homemade bread for an entire day!So, I found a solution. I found several different recipes. I took parts that I liked from each, and then I simplified them. What came from it was a very simple recipe that has only 5 ingredients. Other than the time it spends rising, it took me only minutes to prepare. And it baked up in 28 minutes. It was a hit.
So here it is for you...
What you need for two baguettes:
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 and 1/2 cups hot water
1 teaspoon course sea salt
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast (about 1 small packet)
1 heaping Tablespoon honey
Directions
- Put the honey and yeast in a small bowl.
- Pour the hot water over it.
- Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- In bowl of a mixer, whisk together flour and salt.
- Add the water mix to the flour.
- Mix on low, using dough hook, until combined.
- Turn mixer to 2 and mix for five minutes.
- Turn dough out onto counter.
- Knead the air out.
- Coat the mixing bowl with no stick spray.
- Put dough back in.
- Cover with a tea towel.
- Let sit and rise for an hour and a half.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Form dough into 2 equal parts.
- Shape into baguettes.
- Using a paring knife, strike the top three times.
- Sprinkle with flour. (very little)
- Allow to rise for another 5 minutes.
- Bake for 28 minutes on a pan sprayed with no stick spray in the center of the oven. (A pizza stone would probably work well also.)
- Try to allow the baguettes to cool completely before you dig in!
- Enjoy!! <3
- Knead the air out.
- Coat the mixing bowl with no stick spray.
- Put dough back in.
- Cover with a tea towel.
- Let sit and rise for an hour and a half.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Form dough into 2 equal parts.
- Shape into baguettes.
- Using a paring knife, strike the top three times.
- Sprinkle with flour. (very little)
- Allow to rise for another 5 minutes.
- Bake for 28 minutes on a pan sprayed with no stick spray in the center of the oven. (A pizza stone would probably work well also.)
- Try to allow the baguettes to cool completely before you dig in!
- Enjoy!! <3
