French Bread Recipe @SmokinEdge

[indaswamp]

So I was flipping through my grandmothers favorite cook book.....The McCalls Cook Book. Copyright 1963

She grew up on a plantation home and could cook and bake anything. And with 9 kids, she did a lot of cooking! This was her favorite French Bread recipe. Posting it for you SmokinEdge

 

[SmokinEdge]

Thank you Sir! I much appreciate this. I’m not a baker but I’m fixing to grow some legs for it. That French bread is amazingly good. And the all purpose flour makes good sense to keep the bread light.

 

[Flatrate]

Thanks for sharing this. I'll give it a shot in the near future. I love French bread and have it all the time. Just got a French bread, I guess its called a pan, for Christmas.

Dave

 

[sawhorseray]

That looks great Keith, I'll be giving that a shot. I have some sourdough starter on the way here after screwing up my first effort, no bubbles, getting replaced. I'm thinking combine the starter with this recipe and it would produce a loaf that would be tough to beat. Worth a try anyway, bookmarked and thanks for posting! RAY

 

[JLeonard]

Yeah just what I need another bread recipe! And this looks like a good one!

Jim

 

[SmokyMose]

I love old cook books!
Thanks for posting it. Now I just have figure out where I can get an 85F resting place.....

 

[BGKYSmoker]

That's an antique book but good recipes.

 

[tbern]

great share, thanks!!

 

[h8that4u]

I love old cook books!
Thanks for posting it. Now I just have figure out where I can get an 85F resting place.....

Turn the light on in the oven and see what temp that runs at

 

[DougE]

I made a ton of bread back in the day before I came up with gluten issues, IDK, maybe 10 or 15 years ago. I have a lengthy recipe book of bread recipes somewhere around here that includes a killer Italian bread, crusty outside but soft inside, a great rye bread loaf, bagels, my great grandmother's white bread recipe. I used to pretty much make all my own bread. The gluten free thing ended all that because the recipes only work with wheat flour well.

 

[SmokyMose]

Turn the light on in the oven and see what temp that runs at

Already done it. It runs +/- 78, which works great for sourdough and most breads.