French Bread Recipe for Breakfast Loaf

French Bread Recipe for Breakfast Loaf

Most people get scared when I say you are going to make your own bread. Let me tell you, once you get used to it, store bought really just doesn't compare in price, or taste! Although, it is more convenient sometimes. But this recipe has 5 ingredients! That is it! No eggs, milk, butter etc. I promise you it is so easy and you cannot mess it up. My friend Andrea shared this with me and it is delicious alone or in this Breakfast Loaf you are going to try tomorrow. Just remember it needs to sit overnight. So you make it the night before and it sits...that's it. Easy right? Let's get going.

French Bread Recipe

- 3 C white flour

- 1/4 tsp. yeast (I love SAF but regular is fine.)

- 1 1/4 tsp. salt

- 1 2/3 C water (room temperature)

- corn meal

Directions:

Mix all ingredients EXCEPT CORNMEAL together. Nothing fancy, I just use a wooden spoon. Cover and let rise overnight. Preheat oven to 450 degrees with pan in oven. Put dough in hot pan and cover with lid. Cook for 30 minutes covered then remove lid and cook uncovered for another 10 minutes. That's it!! Your done! Here is a little tutorial posted below.

Tutorial

You will need a pan like this or a corning ware pan. Any smaller pan with a lid.

Here is the yeast I like to use. This is definitely the best yeast to buy for bread, it really makes a difference in the way it rises. You can buy it at Macey's or Winco but I have never seen it at Walmart. It lasts me a whole year just for one bag and they are pretty small.

Okay, let's begin! Here are all the ingredients except for the cornmeal placed together in the same bowl.

This is what it looks like all mixed together. It still may be a little gooey. But like I said, nothing fancy so far.

Then all you do is keep it in that same bowl and put a rag on top so it doesn't dry out and let it rise overnight! You've completed the dough!! Tomorrow I will make it into bread.

So tomorrow when you wake up in the morning, after you get your kids to school, you will bake your bread. Really timing is not all that important, just sometime in the morning. This part will be messy on your hands but really no big deal. First make sure that your oven is preheated with that pan inside then when it is preheated take the pan out. Pour some cornmeal onto a large plate. Now just scoop the dough up with your hand, it will be moist and sticky so don't try to make it into a perfect ball, just pick it up and roll it in the cornmeal on the large plate and then right into the hot pan. Now stick it in the oven with the lid on and cook as the recipe states. Don't forget to remove the lid for the last 10 minutes! When it is done, let it cool and then we will make the loaf a little bit later that afternoon for dinner and I will post more instructions and both recipe cards :) Enjoy!

Oh and I am working on the recipes for the 3 weeks and will post them when I have a moment! Thanks for your patience!