I kept thinking about making French Bread. It had been a long time since I’d pulled out flour and yeast and butter and salt and mixed up dough for French Bread.
My family loves Butterhorns. Especially my son, so that’s what I make the most often.
Still, it just sounded fun to bake French Bread again.
We had quite a bit of cool weather this spring, so recently on one cool, damp day, when it would be lovely to have the oven on, I stirred up the dough and let it raise.
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water
- 4 T. butter
- 4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 cup warm water
- 4 T. Yeast
- 4 T. sugar
- 12 cups flour
Instructions
Dissolve butter, sugar and salt in the boiling water.
Add the 1/2 cup cold water.
Mix and add 1 cup warm water, yeast and sugar.
Mix in flour, combining well.
Let set and stir every 10 minutes for 1 hour.
Shape into four loaves. Let rise until double. Approx 1 hour.
Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
Slather warm bread with butter and savor!
https://adelightfulglow.com/french-bread/I formed French Bread loaves and waited for them to raise.
I preheated the oven and slid the bread in. Before long the kitchen was filled with the homey, nothing-like-it, aroma of freshly baked bread.
I buttered the tops of the loaves when they came out all brown and baked.
I stacked them on one of the baking sheets and picked up my camera and had fun taking pictures of the fragrant bread.
Then, I sliced bread and offered fresh, steaming slices to my family!
It was fun to bake French Bread again.
Have you baked an old favorite recently?

Oh I bet your whole house smelled wonderful! They look so perfect and delicious. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
It’s hard to beat fresh baked bread of any kind! The smell just says, home and life!!!
Yum! My kids love French bread. I’ll have to try your recipe. I get intimidated with baking my own bread, but this looks pretty easy. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
It is really easy, I think! And very tasty!! 🙂