45 Minute French Bread

Spring Chicken

Yes, you read right... 45 minutes start to finish French Bread on the Big Green Egg. 

 

And there was another one like it. 

But..... There's always a 'but.' It wasn't fully done in the center. 

But, I learned enough to try again and I will expect different results. I may try it in the oven though, because I may not be allowing for the proper temperature differences between the baking area and the dome temperature. I added 50° to the dome temperature but that may have been too much. We'll see when I try again. And yes, there will be an 'again.' 

Spring "Note To File: Don't Cook Bread While Dieting" Chicken 
Spring Texas USA

bgebrent

That looks great!  45 minutes!  Incredible.  Details?

bhedges1987

God I love bread 

Carolina Q

The only French bread I ever see is 2-3" in diameter. If your recipe expects you to make a long skinny loaf, that might explain why a fat loaf wasn't done in the middle after baking for the suggested time. Dunno, never tried French bread.

But that's a purty loaf!

Spring Chicken

bgebrent said:

That looks great!  45 minutes!  Incredible.  Details?

Thanks.

This is what I used from something I found somewhere.  See below  

Be sure to preheat your Egg to 400° so it will be ready to bake.

I just needed 3 1/2 cups of flour and maybe a tablespoon for kneading into a ball before making into loaves.

Combine the water, honey, salt and yeast and let set until bubbly (about 10 minutes)

add flour and knead until not sticky (about two minutes in my mixer)

Cover bowl with towel for 10 to 15 minutes.

Form into ball, cut in half and make two loaves.

Place on a baking sheet (I used parchment paper in mine)

Bake 15 to 20 minutes @ 400° until done. (I used 450° in the Egg. Use 400°)

Spring "Do It Right Next Time" Chicken

Easy French Bread

Prep time 30 mins

Cook time 15 mins

Total time 45 mins

 

Ingredients

• 1½ cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoons Active Dry Yeast
• 3½ - 4½ cups flour

bgebrent

Thank you brother Spring, killing French bead on the egg, Chicken!  Gonna give it a go.

JohnnyTarheel

Looks awesome!!  Hard to beat homemade bread 

Carolina Q

Spring Chicken said:

Bake 15 to 20 minutes @ 400° until done. (I used 450° in the Egg. Use 400°)

Bingo. The pic of your loaf looks like one of Julie's Camp Bread loaves (size and shape wise). Camp bread is baked at 400° for 30 minutes, then 10 more without the lid. To an IT of 200°. You baked what appears to be a similar size/shape at the same oven temp for half the time. So, not done in the middle. Make skinny loaves... or bake longer.