Kitchen appliances and utensils: baking dish, bread machine, measuring containers, flour sieve.
Ingredients
Product | amount |
Wheat white flour | 400 g |
Common salt | 1.25 tsp |
Butter | 1 tbsp. l or 15 g |
Filtered water | 280 ml |
Dry yeast | 1 tsp |
Powdered milk | 1, 5 tbsp. l |
Step cooking
- Prepare a baking dish. Each bread machine model has a spatula that attaches to the bottom of the mold to knead the dough. Before adding the ingredients, be sure to install this spatula on the bottom.
- Pre-sift 400 grams of white wheat flour. It is better to add it as clean as possible, then the bread will turn out light and airy, will not have lumps.
- There we add 1.25 teaspoons of table salt, 1.5 tablespoons of milk powder, 15 grams of butter, 280 ml of purified and heated water. Many breadmaker models come with measuring containers designed for such recipes. You can use them or the usual spoons.
- Place the form with all the ingredients in the bread machine and close the lid.
- In a special compartment on the device, add one teaspoon of dry yeast.
- We select the necessary data on your device depending on its model and manufacturer. Typically, these data are contained in the instructions that accompany the bread machine.
- Baking times may vary on different models. But French bread is usually baked at low temperatures for 5-6 hours. After this time, the bread maker will turn off automatically and will keep the product warm.
Additives and Decorations
The classic French bread recipe can be varied in several ways of baking and adding to the composition.
- Select a baking option on the device that allows you to get a darker and fried crust.
- Before baking, add bran to your taste in the form: wheat, oat, rye, buckwheat. From this, baking will not lose its softness, but will become more fragrant and healthy.
- You can add various seeds to the dough, for example: sunflower, flax seeds, sesame seeds. Thus, the classic recipe will acquire new taste shades.
- You can decorate the finished product as follows: a few minutes before the end of the baking time, grease the top of the bread with a beaten chicken egg and sprinkle with sesame or bran. Then the French bun will turn out not only fragrant and tasty, but also beautiful when served on the table.
Video recipe
This video provides step-by-step instructions for making French bread in a Panasonic sd zb2502 model bread maker. However, you can use this baking recipe for any other device model and get a fragrant and airy bun.