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Easy Homemade French Bread Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Place all ingredients in your mixers mixing bowl.
  • Thoroughly knead on speed 3 (4-6 minutes)
  • Let rise in bowl 10 minutes, punch down 4 to 5 times.
  • Divide dough into 3-4 regular loaf pans.(I used 2 large pans and 3 small pans)
  • Slash tops with sharp knife and brush with egg wash.
  • Let rise doubled in size(this took about 15 min.)
  • Bake 30 minutes at 400*.
  • We ate an entire loaf for dinner..I gave the three small ones to friends at my sons baseball game.
  • Enjoy..this is the best french bread I have ever had!!
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    " It was excellent "
    tandyh ate it and said...
    Hey Michelle,
    I recently got a Bosch but the recipe book hardly had anything in it.
    Thank you for posting this recipe. I have made it twice and both times it has been fabulous! I make it into french bread type loaves though. Makes 3 huge loaves. Again thank you for this recipe
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    " It was excellent "
    mbouchersr ate it and said...
    Hi Michelle, I've tried many bread recipes and I think this is a winner by a landslide !!! thanks for sharing.
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    " It was excellent "
    mbouchersr ate it and said...
    I made this today...It was a huge hit at my home...I followed your recipe and it made four loaves...awesome crust !!!!...Will be making this again and again...thanks for the recipe !!!
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    " It was excellent "
    brianna ate it and said...
    What a fantastic recipe. Can't wait to try it out. I love homemade bread & always look for new recipes. 5555++++
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  • shykathy1954 15 years ago
    Could you tell me how long its take bake the little loaf of bread?Email it to me shykathy1954@hotmail.com thanks.It's look very good!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    zena824 ate it and said...
    Hey girl... boy does those pictures look good.... you out did yourself with this new mixer... wow.... makes me want to try it....I have a new mixer as well but dont think it has a bread hook on it...Im gonna have to check into this...
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    " It was excellent "
    tippystclair ate it and said...
    Great bread recipe. I will give it a try and share with my friends, too! They love this site.
    :}
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    " It was excellent "
    momo_55grandma ate it and said...
    Great bread recipe love homemade bread thanks
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    " It was excellent "
    krumkake ate it and said...
    HEY, I want one of those "screen smellers" grandmommy said she just installed - can I get that at Best Buy??? Wouldn't that be the BEST thing ever?!? Michellem, your bread has been making me hungry ALL day - those pictures are pure heaven to look at...warm bread from the oven - oh! I think I should have been able to flag it "beautiful" 5 times, since that's how many loaves there are, but it only let me flag it once. Those loaves are worth the price of the new mixer. Success on your first try - pretty good, I'd say...and now that you have us spoiled, we'll be looking for LOTS MORE bread recipes/pictures!!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    auntybea ate it and said...
    Beautiful bread, Michelle!
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  • bakerrakka 15 years ago
    georgious bread!
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    " It was excellent "
    ahmed1 ate it and said...
    Congrats on the new mixer :) and the recipe...Great one Michelle.Pictures look great.
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    " It was excellent "
    trigger ate it and said...
    Sharing bread is so wonderful I bake bread all the time. It still fascinates me even after over 40 years of making bread.
    Great job Michelle
    Michael
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    " It was excellent "
    mumtazcatering ate it and said...
    hi Michelle,thanks for a wonderful bread recipe .......so few ingredients,and so easy with so many variations................:}
    have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!!
    Mumtaz
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    " It was excellent "
    grandmommy ate it and said...
    Aren't kitchen toys just the most fun! I remember a few years ago when my husband got his Kitchen Aide mixer for his birthday. He got so excited, didn't read the instructions and immediately burnt the motor up by mixing bread dough on high. Kitchen Aide had a new one at our door in a matter of days! Needless to say that never happened again. By the way, I've installed a screen smeller on my computer and your bread smells wonderful!
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  • annieamie 15 years ago
    Thanks, MichelleM. That's a lot of dough! Thanks for the recipe and have a great time with your new mixer!
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  • frankieanne 15 years ago
    What beautiful loaves of bread. Looks delicious! Thank you for posting them.
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    " It was excellent "
    michelle73 ate it and said...
    There is nothing in this world like the smell and taste of homemade bread!
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  • michellem 15 years ago
    Okay I guess three times was the charm..it worked!
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  • michellem 15 years ago
    Ok this darn thing won't let me upload my pictures..I'll try again.
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