{"id":20565,"date":"2016-04-12T06:29:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T10:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20565"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:23:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:23:13","slug":"easy-french-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/04\/12\/easy-french-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy French Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/04\/12\/easy-french-bread\/frenchbread-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrenchBread.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FrenchBread\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrenchBread.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrenchBread.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"FrenchBread\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrenchBread.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrenchBread.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been there &#8211; you need bread for dinner, but didn&#8217;t plan ahead to whip up a no-knead loaf, the bakery is closed, and your eyes are rolling like a slot machine at the &#8220;Italian&#8221; bread in your grocery store. Here&#8217;s an easy, four ingredient bread (five, if you count water as an ingredient) to make in about an hour, and it&#8217;s good!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups warm water<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon honey<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoons yeast (or 2 packets)<\/li>\n<li>4 to 4 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk together the water, honey, yeast and salt, set aside for 5 to 10 minutes until foamy.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in 4 cups of flour, then knead with your hands until well incorporated. If the dough is sticking to your fingers, add a little bit more flour and work it in until the dough sticks to itself and not your hands.<\/li>\n<li>Shape it into a loaf and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cover with a towel and let it sit for 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 400\u00ba, cut three slits in the top, and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all been there &#8211; you need bread for dinner, but didn&#8217;t plan ahead to whip up a no-knead loaf, the bakery is closed, and your eyes are rolling like a slot machine at the &#8220;Italian&#8221; bread in your grocery &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/04\/12\/easy-french-bread\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,2202,1586],"class_list":["post-20565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-bread","tag-yeast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5lH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43125,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/04\/08\/no-knead-bread-revisited\/","url_meta":{"origin":20565,"position":0},"title":"No-Knead Bread Revisited","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A few years ago, I did a post about the wonders of no-knead bread. 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