The baguettes are ready when the dough springs back quickly when pressed gently with your finger. With your oven rack in the middle position, add a large baking stone to the cold oven. Place a ...

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With a razor or a serrated knife, score the surface of the baguettes. Slide the pad and baguettes onto the hot stone and bake for 30-40 minutes, spraying some water in the oven after 1-2 minutes to ...

9. Cover the baguettes with a wet dish towel and let them rest again for one hour, or until they double in size. 10. Pre-heat the oven to 220°C and place a baking stone on the middle shelf to ...

If the bread has been baked traditionally on the stone floor of the oven ... cool second rise to increase the flavour. The crust of baguettes made with flour milled in a French style and with ...