Super Soft Baguette-ish Loaves 🥖 #food #bread #homemadebread #easyrecipes

I tried this recipe thinking I’d saved a baguette recipe but misread the title and made two giant soft “baguette” style loaves instead. Not mad at all, they’re delicious and were incredibly easy to make. Perfect as a sandwich, sub, toasted or just sliced with some butter! The full recipe is below make sure to read all the steps before making these gorgeous loaves 😋

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp fast action yeast (roughly 2.5 packets)
118ml warm water

473ml hot water
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 tbsp salt
5 tbsp vegetable oil
750g plain flour (put half and half in 2 bowls)

1 egg beaten, for glazing

METHOD:
- mix yeast and 118ml warm water together and leave to go frothy
- add the hot water, sugar, salt, veg oil & half the flour into the mixing bowl of your stand mixer and combine with a spatula
- once the yeast has activated, add that into the watery flour mixture and stir to combine
- put your bowl onto your mixer and attach the dough hook
- add the rest of the flour and mix for roughly 5 mins, dough is done once smooth and elastic
- cover bowl with tea towel and leave to stand for 10 mins
- dough will go poofy, knock out air by turning on the mixer for a few seconds
- repeat above two steps 5 more times to ensure your dough rests for a total of 60 minutes
- dump dough onto floured surface, cut into two equal pieces and roll out into a roughly 9x12 rectangle then roll up lengthwise and fold the ends under (do the same for both doughs, you can add seasonings or cheese for example before rolling up the dough)
- place onto a lined baking tray and leave to rest for a further 20-30 mins
- 10 mins into the rest, score tops of loaves with a serrated knife
- after the 20-30 min rest, egg wash the loaves and then bake at 180C fan for 20-25 mins until golden brown
- allow loaves to cool before cutting/slicing

[zayneswrld]

This was amazing the softest bread ever