GF French Bread

By LimericksLady

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 3 cips GF All-Purpose Flour
• 1 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 TBL sugar
• 2 TBL active dry yeast (I use Red Star)
• 1 C. warm water (warm but not hot to touch)
• 1 TBL olive oil
• 1 tsp. vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar)
• 2 eggs

Preparation

Step 1

- in mixer place flours, xanthan gum, and salt. Mix to combine.
- in a small bowl, dissolve sugar and then add and dissolve yeast–wait a few minutes for the yeast to foam (this means that it’s working and starts the rising process)
-add olive oil, cider vinegar, and eggs to the dry ingredients. Add yeast mixture to dry ingredients
-mix slowly to combine
-turn mixer to high and mix for 3 minutes or so
-brush pan with olive oil (yes, the oil will kind of fall through the holes: I set the pan on a baking sheet)
-spoon dough onto the French bread pan in two equal amounts
-shape dough into baguette oblongs
-slash top of each loaf with 3 slashes with a sharp knife or razor blade
-turn on oven to 400 degrees
-place pan with dough on top of stove (I do this so they’re in a warm environment)
-let rise for about 30 mins or so (until they are double-ish in bulk)
-while you’re waiting for the dough to rise, boil a pan’s worth of water
-once dough has risen for 30 mins, place water in an oven-proof pan
-place pan of water on the floor of your oven
-spray oven with a spritz or two of water from spray bottle
-wait for another 5 minutes to let the oven get humid (necessary for a crisp crust)
-lightly brush tops of loaves with olive oil (to make them get brown and crispy)
-place bread pan (without the baking sheet) in the oven
-bake for 30 minutes–until brown
-remove from oven and cool for a few minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely