French bread recipes

French Bread by Bread Machine

This recipe requires the French Bread setting on my bread machine, best suited for bread doughs low in fat and sugar; this results in a crisp crust…

Spelt pain a l'ancienne

A bread from Peter Reinhart's The Bread Baker's Apprentice, a very easy one because it hardly needs any kneading and it only ferments once. And with…

Easy French Bread #2

No knead, no standing mixer to clean. A pre-ferment (poolish) gives the bread a wonderful flavor, and the actual prep time is short.

Classic French Bread Recipe

A small loaf of crusty Classic French Bread to go with summer salads and winter hearty soups. It can be made easily without a mixer or food…

French Bread by Traditional Yeast Method (no bread machine)

Experimenting with several ways to get a good loaf of French bread without using my bread machine, I am ready…

Kugelhopf from Alsace, France

Kugelhopf is a sweet bread enriched with butter and eggs, related to brioche, with a characteristic grooved shape and a central hole. Its…

Pumpkin cornmeal Quick bread

as seen in The French Market Cookbook

Chocolate Filled Lemony Brioche

Rustic French Bread

Biga Pre-Ferment

This is my favorite simple recipe, easy to make it just takes a long time to age. The up side is that you will have a fantastic, flavorful loaf of…