French Bread
This is an easy French bread recipe to make. It can be out of the oven in 90 minutes if your pans are warm and your kitchen is warm. Slice and freeze or serve fresh.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 2 Tbsp. veg. oil or Crisco, melted
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 cups hot water
- 2 Tbsp. yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 7 cups bread flour
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water with 1/2 tsp. sugar
- Combine Veg. oil, sugar, and salt with hot water
- Combine the two mixtures
- Add 7 cups flour
- Knead on floured board until the dough is elastic, or use your dough hook on the mixer to knead the dough.
- Put into greased bowl, turning so the dough is coated. Let rise until double.
- Punch down and let the dough rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Roll out into a rectangular shape, then roll up jelly-roll style.
- Put on greased cookie tray. Cut diagonal slices on top of the bread.
- Brush with milk, OR use 1 beaten egg mixed with 2 Tbsp. milk.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top
- Let rise until double
- Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. This recipe makes 2 loaves.