French Wheat Bread (Bread Machine)

"Ooh, la la! A simple recipe for simply delicious, wonderful bread! This versatile, slightly shorter, loaf goes with anything - beef, pasta, chicken, fish - but stands alone with a simple pat of butter, too. This one is bound to become a repeat visitor to your dinner table! From Electric Bread!"
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
1 1/2 pound loaf
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine according to your manufacturer's directions.
  • Success Hints: To develop the crisp crust that French Bread is known for, use your French cycle.
  • If your machine doesn't have a French cycle, simply start your machine and let it go through the first knead, then stop and restart it from the beginning again.
  • This gives the bread extra kneading time and results in a crisp crust.
  • Because of the distinctive chewy French crust, it is recommended that this bread is served within 24 hours to avoid toughness.
  • This recipe can be made using the regular, rapid and delayed time bake cycles.

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Reviews

  1. Very nice. Has a good crust with a soft fluffy center.It also smells wonderful. It does have a yeasty flavor, and good texture. I changed nothing about this recipe. I set the machine for a 1 1/2 lb loaf. Cheers!
     
  2. Great Loaf, but NEEDS SALT! I'm trying it a second time with half a tsp salt to see if that works. I also crisped it up in the oven after baking for a short time to make the crust a little browner.
     
  3. I hated to rate this two stars, but I tried this recipe twice and both times the bread didn't have any flavor for us, it kind of just tasted like water. I am sure that this is something that I am doing wrong, but like I said I tried the recipe twice with the same results both times. However, both times I did have a great texture and it smelled really good. If anyone has any ideas of what I might be doing wrong please let me know, because I think that if I could get this to taste right we would really enjoy it. Thanks!
     
  4. Very good, came up great. I modified it for my 1 Hour Setting, and it still comes up great. Use HOT water instead of lukewarm water. Use 4 tsp of yeast instead of 3. Use your 1.5 lb express 1 hour setting and you'll have super baked french bread. The texture is yummy!
     
  5. Delicious! Great texture on inside, crust is a little chewy just the way we like it, delicious taste. The reviews are always helpful.
     
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  1. Very good, came up great. I modified it for my 1 Hour Setting, and it still comes up great. Use HOT water instead of lukewarm water. Use 4 tsp of yeast instead of 3. Use your 1.5 lb express 1 hour setting and you'll have super baked french bread. The texture is yummy!
     

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