Baguettes

I know, let's make some baguettes! I tire easily when looking at bread-shaped things so I decided to take the easy recipe and see if I could make baguette-shaped food from it. It turned out I could. Yay! 

Ingredients:

• 40g yeast (from the cube)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 300ml warm water
• 500g flour
• 1,5 teaspoon salt
•  water for brushing

1)  Put the yeast and sugar in a small bowl and pour the water over it. Stir every once in a while till all combines.

2) Have the flour and salt in a larger bowl and when the yeast is ready, pour it on top. Do not mix. Cover it with tea towel and let it rest in warm environment. 

3) Wait till the yeast rises (about 30 minutes), then combine. What you are going to do next is that you fold the dough every 30 minutes. At least four times.

4) After the endless folding, cut the dough into 4 parts and shape each into a baguette. Cut lines on the top and put it onto a baking tray. Before you put it in the oven, brush the baguettes with water. 

5) Bake for about 25 minutes at 200°C. After taking them out of the oven, brush them with water one last time. You should know they are ready when the are gold/brown and when you tap them, they sound like they are made of concrete :-) but worry not, they will soften as they cool down. 

Note: plain flour baguettes will rise a lot in the oven (the thick ones in the picture), whole grain ones tend to be in the shape you put them in (the long darker ones in the picture).