This whole wheat French bread is the perfect accompaniment that comes together quickly and goes alongside your main dish. If you are looking for a homemade bread recipe, but don’t have the time for a sourdough loaf (our favorite), try this one.
Whole Wheat Yeast French Bread
Ingredients
First Step
- 1 1/8 cup all-purpose flour 150g
- 1 2/3 cups whole-wheat flour 270g
- 1 cup room temperature water 340g
- 3 tsp. brown sugar
Second Step
- 1 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 Tbsp. water
Instructions
- Mix water, brown sugar, and flour. Let rest at least 15 minutes (or more) to allow whole grains to absorb water.
- In a small bowl, mix together yeast, salt, and 1 Tbsp. water, add mixture to dough. Knead dough for about 5 minutes.
- Cover dough and let rise for about 1 hour.
- Spray counter and hands with water and transfer dough onto work counter. Flatten dough with rolling pin into a large rectangle. Stretch and roll up dough into a tight oval.
- Bench rest for 10 minutes. For a second time, flatten and roll dough into a tight oval, making surface tension. Preheat oven and stoneware to 450°.
- Once oven is preheated, score loaf. Spray hands and surface of dough well. Using damp hands, carefully transfer dough onto preheated stone and bake for the first 10 minutes.
- Lower oven to 375° and bake bread for 25 minutes or until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 200 degrees. Remove bread from the sheet and let cool on a rack.