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French Bread

This recipe was in the recipe book that came with my original Dak R2D2 bread machine many many years ago. This was the first recipe book for making bread in an Bread Machine and I have to say it still has some of the best recipes for baking bread.  Its by far the best book to come with a bread machine.  Jay where every you are I thank you. 

          1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
          3  cups of bread flour
          1  teaspoon salt
          2  Tablespoons of Sugar
          2  Tablespoons of Butter 
          1  Cup less 1 Tablespoon of water
          2  stiffly beaten egg whites

Beat the egg whites and then set aside.  Add the remaining ingredients to the ABM and start the machine. When the mixing starts slowly stir in the egg whites.   Use the French bread setting if you have one, otherwise just use the normal white.  

You can also use the dough setting. If you do this  Remove the dough and roll flat.  Then roll up like a jelly roll, tuck the ends in and let rise one hour.  Then put in a 350 oven till golden brown about 20 minutes.  This will give you the classical long French bread. loaf.

You can also take a very sharp knife and put some slashes into the top of the bread, then wash the top of the bread with a mixture of 1 Tablespoon of water, dash of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of cornstarch, and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds.