NOLA French Bread
Takes 2 hours total
67% Warm Water50% Bread Flour50% All-Purpose Flour5.5% Sugar2% Kosher Salt1.125% Dry Yeast
- Mix the dry yeast, sugar, and kosher salt into warm water until dissolved.
- Add in bread flour and all-purpose flour and mix until no dry flour remains. Let rest 20 minutes.
- Fold dough over itself until smooth (about 2 minutes). Let rest 1 hour.
- Divide dough into 250-g loaves. Refrigerate any loaves you're not cooking now.
- Preheat the oven (450°F) while dough rests for 30 minutes.
- Bake bread for 20 minutes.
| 1.125% Dry Yeast | Mix, dissolve | Add flour, mix, rest (20 min) | Fold, rest (2 min, 1 hr) | Divide loaves | Preheat oven, rest (450°F, 30 min) | Bake (20 min) |
| 5.5% Sugar | ||||||
| 2% Kosher Salt | ||||||
| 67% Warm Water | ||||||
| 50% Bread Flour | ||||||
| 50% All-Purpose Flour | ||||||