Combine 3 cups of the flour and salt in a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir to mix.ģ.

Measure the yeast out into the bottom of a liquid measuring cup, pour the warm water in on yeast. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.Ģ. Turn the oven off when the timer goes off.

Still daunted by the learning curve of making your own breads? Check out these baking tricks and tips, and give it a try! The benefits are so worth the effort!ġ.Turn the oven on to warm up and set a timer for three minutes. Then do the dishes, cook, clean the table, or whatever during the hour that they need. Because nap time is sacred to me, and dinner loaves that require hours of rise time (thus requiring me to not sit down and do nothing for nap time) just do not happen here.īut I can get this French bread started when I first enter the kitchen for dinner prep. I have worked on this recipe for years to get it consistent and to shorten the time as much as possible. And winter soups, pastas, and more can be made heartier, more filling and kid-friendly meals with the addition of a quick French bread. Once you get started, it will become easy to start a couple loaves of sandwich bread for the week at breakfast that will be ready to eat by lunchtime. One hour French bread and Instant Pot honey carrot soup.

And mixing, stirring, and kneading is a great time to invite kids into the kitchen. But it truly can also be relaxing to slow down for thirty minutes to mix up some dough. At first, the idea of working with yeast and KNEADING can be off-putting. Though they put a good face on it, they get my compassion nonetheless.įor the rest of us, the bread-eaters, fresh bread at home is a healthy, frugal, and TASTY way to go.īaking bread at home is one of those “it gets easier the more you do it” tasks. I know there are people who genuinely can’t eat gluten. Sure I’ve read the strongly-worded articles about how bread is slowly killing people, but until I have a very compelling reason to stop baking bread, we are going to keep our homemade sandwich bread, fresh pasta, muffins, and the occasional French bread with our meals. Fresh, warm French bread in just one hour? Four ingredients and two loaves? Yes please!

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