I have a couple of kinds of left-over soup so I will be making bread to go with it. A nice, crunchy French Bread from my bread machine. My bread machine is a really old Welbilt that makes a 1 pound loaf. Here is the recipe:
1 teaspoon yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt (usually, I use 3/4 t.)
3 cups flour
1 cup warm water
Note: you want this to form a very, very soft ball when it is kneading. If you live in a dry climate like me, you may want start with 2 2/3 cup flour and add more flour if the dough is too soupy to form a ball.
Second note: If you have a 4 pound breadmaker, double the ingredients, except for the salt. Don't ask me why, but the bread tastes too salty if you double the salt.
Maybe I will splurge and wander over to Amazon to order a baguette pan. I've been wanting one. Anybody have a recommendation?
Opps. On the breadmachine French Bread recipe....One more note: I generally use bread flour. It works with all-purpose flour, but it works even better with bread flour...