Bread Machine French Bread

• servings: 10 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 3 hours

Ingredients

2 egg whites

1 1/4 cups water

4 cups White Flour (Preferably bread flour, but all-purpose will work)

1 Tbsp sugar

2 1/2 tsp. salt

2 1/4 tsp. SAF Instant Yeast (or 2 3/4 tsp bread machine yeast)

Directions

Beat the egg whites for 2-3 minutes until frothy.

Add egg whites and water to the bread machine pan.

Add the flour, creating an "island" for the dry ingredients on top of the liquid layer.

Make a well in the flour and place the sugar, salt, and yeast in the well.

Shut the lid and turn the bread machine on. Set it to basic white cycle, medium crust.

Allow the bread machine to cycle.

Once baking is complete, remove the bread from the loaf pan and allow it to cool on a cooling rack. French bread is best served fresh, still slightly warm.

Nutrition

• Calories: 188 kcal
• Total Fat: 1 g
• Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0.5 g
• Sodium: 490 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 38 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 7 g