Authentic Baguettes at Home

Name: Authentic Baguettes at Home
Yield: Makes 4 baguettes (Each 15 inches long)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (1 1/3 ounces/38 grams), whole-wheat flour; 3 cups (15 ounces/425 grams) King Arthur, all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 teaspoon diastatic, malt powder (optional); 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces/340 grams) room-temperature, water; 2 (16 by 12-inch), disposable aluminum roasting pans

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breads

By Andrew Janjigian ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most American baguettes are doughy and pale, and the recipes we found weren’t much better. To get it right, we went to Paris to learn from the masters.

SERVES Makes 4 baguettes (Each 15 inches long)

TIME 2 hours, plus 28¼ hours resting and 20 minutes cooling

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