I Need Your Help With Bread Please

17 years ago

I am trying to make the French Baguette recipe below. I am pretty new to making bread. I got to #3--I put it in the oven with the oven off to let it rise and I put a little warm water in there--thought I had remembered someone saying to do that so the bread does not dry out. The oven was a little warm from some cookies I had baked earlier today. I put some Saran wrap over the baguettes and when I took them out after they had risen, the dough was all moist and the Saran wrap stuck to them. Did I do everything wrong? What do you put on top of the bread that does not stick?

Thank you for your help!

Trudy

Here is a link that might be useful: French Baguette Recipe

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claire_de_luna
17 years ago
Trudy, if you oil the plastic wrap first, it won't stick to the bread.
shirleywny5
17 years ago
Place a dry dish towel over the bread before rising and remove carefully when the bread is ready to bake.
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shirleywny5
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I forgot mention, add the water after the bread is placed into the hot oven.
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I'd dust them with a little flour. The plastic wrap won't stick. Also, it is one thing to put the dough in the oven with a dish of warm water for the initial rise, but I wouldn't do that after you have shaped the loaves. Once the loaves have risen and are ready to go into the oven you want the oven hot. You won't be able to heat the oven if you have the loaves in there to rise. Just put them on the counter and turn on your oven. The room should be warm enough for the loaves to rise.

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foodonastump
17 years ago
"I forgot mention, add the water after the bread is placed into the hot oven."

Add what water?
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Foodonastump, I always toss a few ice cubes on to the oven floor after I have placed the loaves in the oven on the stone. This provides some steam/moisture and makes for a better crust. I also spray the loaves with water three times in the first 9 minutes.

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althetrainer
17 years ago
If I rise a baguette with warm water in the oven I don't cover it because the moisture from the warm water prevents the dough from getting dried. That works for me anyway. Or I brush the dough with a bit of melted butter or just salty water before putting it into the oven. They always turns out nice. Sometimes, I don't even preheat my oven when I bake my breads. I just put a pan of boiled water on the bottom and let the dough rise in the middle of the oven. When the dough is big enough, I turn on the oven, remove the pan of water and watch the oven spring takes place.
hawk307
17 years ago
I wouldn't cover it either, if you have warm water in the oven for rising.
It won't dry out. A towel will stick to the dough also.

You can do like Ann said ,toss in some ice cubes and spray
with water.

When Baking a Braided Bread I baste it with an egg , milk mixture, after it is firm enough.
Then again when it is light brown.
Makes a great Mahogany Colored Crust.

Sometimes I spray on some Pam, for rising .
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Then the light bulb lit up. The wonderful Aroma was the dough baking.

When I pulled the towel off, the top of the dough came with it.

Did you ever bake a round loaf in a SS dough bowl ???

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