french countryside bread (bread machine recipe)

Name: French Countryside Bread (bread machine recipe)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 3/8 cup(s) water; 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) olive oil; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 4 cup(s) bread flour; 1 tablespoon(s) sugar; 2 teaspoon(s) active dry yeast

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Melissa Etheridge

Murfreesboro, TN

Updated on May 30, 2012

Each week I make at least one loaf of homemade bread. I use this loaf to accompany dinner each night during the week~or until it runs out. If any is left over by the next weekend, I make croutons out of it. This loaf has a crusty top and a soft inside.

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This is what a loaf looks like when it is baked in the bread machine.

prep time 15 Min

cook time 3 Hr 50 Min

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yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 3/8 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

How To Make french countryside bread (bread machine recipe)

Step 1

Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.

Step 2

Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan.
Step 3

Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding ingredients. Measure teh yeast and carefully pour it into the well.
Step 4

Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
Step 5

Press "select" button to choose the French setting.
Step 6

Choose your crust color and press "start".
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