The Baguette

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people are rating this as 5 stars because they chalk this up to not a beginner recipe and they don't belong.

simply put, this recipe is missing the sugar. the yeast needs sugar to do its work.. otherwise it doesn't rise as needed hence the dense brick comments.

1 star from me.

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I have never made bread from scratch before in my life, but I decided to take a chance with this recipe. It is rated easy, but it is not so easy for a beginner. The first part was easy, but rolling and elongating the dough was hard, I had to look up how to knead dough and how to deflate dough. So it was a real learning experience. Despite all that, the baguettes came out beautifully. I was more than pleasantly suprised by the outcome. They have a cripy crust and a beautiful inside. I am very impressed and so is my family. Note: when you spray with a water bottle into the oven be sure not to get the lightbulb wet or take the lightbulb out before you make the bread. Water on the lightbulb can make it explode. I will absolutely make this recipe again!

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Despite what the recipe states, this was not "easy." After six hours of mixing, kneading, folding, and misting, my baguettes turned out dense and chewy, not light and crispy.

I chalk the poor results up to my total lack of experience (and possibly the 95 degree, 95 percent humidity in my kitchen that day, and I'm sure the recipe is fine. I just didn't want any other novices to try and tackle this one as their first bread recipe and expect bakery-quality results.

P.S. I didn't want to rate this recipe -- only state my opinion -- but the FN site made me, so I went with 5 stars so as not to throw off its good rating purely because of my lack of baking skills.

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I tried several recipes and this one, by far, is the best. It makes a baguette just as good as anything you can get in a high-end grocery, bread or wine/cheese shop. Follow the directions closely!

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Off all the baguette recipe I've read through google, this happen to be the most detailed one I've seen yet. I will need to try it out this weekend. THe last few tries from someone else's recipe, my bread came out a bit heavy and not as hollow. I think it is because I didn't leave it to raise long enough (figured that out after reading this recipe