Friday, December 17, 2010

Food Processor French Bread


Please ask me to make you some of this bread, because it is unbelieveably easy, and it will change the world.

I tweaked the sugar and salt a little, but I kept all the liquid proportions the same, which resulted in a very soft, sticky dough - almost a stringy, viscous batter. I left it to rise and then consulted the recipe again, which told me the dough should've gathered into a ball while processing. At this point, I thought, "Great, I ruined it. It'll probably spread all over the pan. Baaaaaah." So after the first rise, I scooped the dough into greased muffin tins.

But it wasn't necessary. Even though it was a very soft dough, it puffed beautifully and would have made perfect loaves. I just didn't trust it. I have trust issues. Judge not.

Even though I deviated, I was still so excited that I actually made this bread and I can't wait to deviate further by adding herbs, cheese, or whatevers. I can't tell you how perfect it is - super crisp, almost flaky outside, super tender inside. It's perfect. This is perfect French bread.

Selah.

2 comments:

  1. You should try it! The "hard" part was the food processing part, and that took about 3 minutes. After I was done processing, I just left the lid on and let it rise in the bowl. Can't believe how easy and delicious this was.

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