Express Baguette Recipe

• porsiyonlar: Makes 2 medium baguettes
• toplam süre: 2 hours 18 minutes

Malzemeler

400 g all-purpose flour (≈ 3 cups)

I used Farmer Direct AP flour, bread flour works too, but I prefer AP!)

340 g lukewarm water (≈ 1 ½ cups)

7 g instant yeast (≈ 2 tsp, one standard packet)

2 tsp salt

you can add a tsp of sugar to help your yeast bloom faster!

Yöntemler

Bloom the yeast in lukewarm water (90-110°F / warm to the touch) for a few minutes.

Add the flour and mix roughly.

Add the salt after mixing (salt directly on yeast can weaken it).

Mix until the flour is incorporated, just a shaggy dough, it will be very sticky because it’s high-hydration.

Cover and let rest 1-2 hours (or covered in the fridge for 12-18 hours for better flavor) until nicely puffed.

Generously flour your hands, dough, and surface. GENTLY help the dough out without deflating it.

Divide into two pieces (flour your knife or bread cutter it helps not sticking). Lightly shape each into a rectangle, fold the sides in, pinch to seal, and gently roll into baguettes without pressing down.

Note: the baguette pan is totally optional, it just helps with the steam creating that nice crust and shapes the bottom.)

Preheat the oven to 480°F (250°C) and place a small dish of water inside for steam, that’s what creates the nice crust.

Let the baguettes proof 20 minutes, flour, score, and bake about 25-28 minutes, or until golden brown.

Enjoy warm with salted butter + honey, my favorite combo! 🤍

Thank you to @farmerdirectfoods for gifting me this wonderful flour!

Farmer Direct flours are clean label (unbleached, unenriched, single ingredient) and made from wheat that’s never sprayed with glyphosate. Each bag is traceable back to the family farm where it grew 🌾

I truly love how clean and high-quality it is, I only share with you guys brands I genuinely appreciate 🤍

Notlar

Cook for 28 minutes in this oven. Proof dough overnight covered in the fridge and add salt by eye after taking out. Leave at room temp for an hour and a half. Have the water not directly under as the bottom was still soft.

Set the long ways in the oven (facing right to left not front to back) because the back of the oven seems to burn the tip if the other way