French bread in a bread maker

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make French bread in a bread maker? Prepare everything you need for this. Sift the flour through a sieve in advance to saturate it with oxygen. Thanks to this, the finished bread will be more lush and airy. The water should be at room temperature.

2. Step 2:

   

   When making bread in a bread maker, all liquid ingredients are added first, and then dry. Pour the required amount of water into the bowl of the bread maker and add salt.

3. Step 3:

   

   Then pour in the sifted flour. Please note that you may take more or less flour than I do. Be guided by the consistency of the dough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add sugar and yeast on top of the flour. Put the bowl in the bread maker and turn on the main baking mode. I have it lasts 3 hours. The weight of the bread is 700 or 750 gr. (it will be different in different models of the bread maker, focus on your technique), the color of the crust is average. If desired, you can add aromatic herbs.

6. Step 5:

   

   When the dough is formed into a bun, pour vegetable oil on it. Thanks to this, the bun begins to form more actively and stops sticking to the walls.

7. Step 6:

   

   During kneading, the dough becomes more homogeneous and plastic.

8. Step 7:

   

   After the required amount of time, the bread maker emits a sound signal notifying that the bread is ready. The aroma of fresh bread, which is already spreading around the house, also speaks about its readiness. Remove the bread from the bowl.

9. Step 8:

   

   Delicious, fragrant homemade bread is ready. Wrap it in a towel and cool it. Bon appetit!