french peasant bread

(1 rating)
Recipe by
billy haze
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to Lara's recipe shoebox Very simple no fuss ,economical bread using only 5 ingredients. This isn't my recipe,but I use this bread in a recipe I posted called "Boiled Water" Soup. This bread is very good at any time though.

(1 rating)
yield 2 loaves
prep time 2 Hr

Ingredients For french peasant bread

  • 1 Tbsp
    yeast quick rising,dry
  • 2 c
    warm water( 110 degrees or so)
  • 1 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 4 c
    all purpose flour
  • olive oil, for greasing the pan
  • corn meal ,for pan
  • butter, melted for brushing on top

How To Make french peasant bread

  • 1
    Place yeast, water, sugar, and salt in warm bowl and stir until dissolved. Add flour and stir until blended, but do NOT knead.Cover and let rise one hour or until double in size.
  • 2
    Flour hands, remove dough from the bowl and place in 2 roughly equal rounds on an oiled cookie sheet sprinkled with corn meal (dough may be sticky and not hold its shape well--that's okay. It's not supposed to be pretty.) Let rise an additional 20-30 minutes.
  • 3
    Brush the tops and sides of the rounds with melted butter and bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and cook an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and brush tops and sides of rounds again with melted butter. Serve warm. Enjoy!

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