French Bread (easy)

[baypuppy]

this turned out very well and was really easy to make. no brain power required if you can do yeast bread! will make again....no more buying this stuff! 

[vegan1]

Does this really mean shortening, or is it margarine or oil? Thanks.

[baypuppy]

i used some earthbalance. turned out nice. i also braided my loaf, that is why it looks (how i would call) cool! 

[vegan1]

This bread is so good, and so easy. It's time consuming because you have to let it rise twice, but it's worth it. I used 5 cups of flour, but I think I should have used more, because my dough was really, really sticky (like taffy that had melted in the sun). But even with that, it came out delicious. Thanks for posting this.

[*yummy*bunnyfood]

I made this with whole what flour and oil instead of shortening. I made about 10 rolls out of it and cooked it in the microwave (since I live in the dorms and we can't have toaster ovens...) and it turned out delicious! The only problem was that the rolls were a bit soggy on the bottom, but now my room smells like fresh bread...

[faunablues]

This is probably one of the better, if not best, bread recipes I've made (*I'm new to bread-making). The second time around I added rosemary to the batter (ok, not exactly French, but whatever), but there's one problem... whenever I made this bread (or any white-flour bread), it's not smooth, and has an outside texture of a scone (rough). I don't really care about it, but it makes it look a lot less like French bread and more like ciabatta or something; does anyone know how to get it smooth like baypuppy's photo?

[jolliebell]

This is a fantastic bread recipe! Totally easy and Deee-licious! I baked an experimental loaf this afternoon, slathered it with Earth Balance while the bread was still hot from the oven, and marvelled at my bread making abilities! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this recipe!

[makeinu]

I liked this recipe.  I didn't completely follow it, though.  I halved it, only let it rise once, and cooked it in a small pie tin (it's the best I could do!).  Also, my sad oven only goes up to 200C, so I couldn't cook at 210C.  It was good though.  I bet it'd have been even better if I'd have followed the recipe!

[icephrosty]

This bread is amazing, I make it twice a week and I never buy bread from the store!  I add 1 tablespoon of molasses to the shortening/water mixture and I also use half regular unbleached flour and half whole wheat.  I usually throw in some ground flaxseed too.  I may try using it for buns...

[Allychristine]

This is good and easy! I used whole wheat pastry flour and whole wheat flour. My breads always seem to come out the same..somehow (multiple recipes). They all taste great...but don't come out as different types of bread (like this one was not very much like French bread). I don't know what this means..good though! 

[brandnewvegan]

mine came out a lil flat - didn't rise enough? oh well still VERY YUMMY and was also my first time doing bread!! thanks!!!

[theeandersons]

We really love this bread! Used agave nectar instead of sugar and earth balance instead of shortening and it turned out great. This will be a staple in our household. Thank you!

[aziz_esroh]

This bread is amazing! It smelled almost too yeasty as it was rising and baking, but now it tastes amazing! I also used EB instead of shortening, but otherwise followed the directions exactly. I made two long loaves and baked them at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes, starting in a cold oven and excluding the preheat. Yum.

[Julia XVX]

This was the yummiest bread ever! Too bad my family ate most of it. =[