French Bread

Recipe Cuisine: Breads
Recipe Category: Breads
Recipe Serves: 1

Recipes Ingredients:

3 c Unbleached white flour
1 tb Dry yeast
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 c Warm water
3 tb Wheatgerm

Recipe Instructions:

In a bowl, stir together 3 c flour with salt & wheatgerm. Combine the yeast & the water & set aside till the yeast starts to work. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients & pour in the yeast & water. Slowly work in the flour from the sides of the bowl, then beat the mixture vigorously until thoroughly stirred together. This is a sticky dough. Flour a board & turn out the dough. Turn the Bread so that is coated on all sides. Knead thoroughly. Fold dough in half & roll out into a narrow shape about 12 inches long. Set on an oiled pan & allow to rise till it is doubled in size. Preheat Oven to 375F & bake for 45 minutes. Adapted from Anne Lerner, "Breads You Wouldn't Believe"