French Style Baquette Bread

Ingredients

2 qt warm water
2 oz sugar
2 oz salt
2 oz olive oil
8 oz dry yeast
7 pound bread flour

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix together holding back on some of the flour until you see that it is needed.

Knead dough 5-10 minutes or until dough is smooth. Cover and let rise until double in size.

Punch down and form into desired shapes-baquettes,round loaves etc. Bake at 375* 20-30 minutes depending on loaf size.

By adding fresh chopped herbs and some roasted garlic to this dough you can come up with some very flavorful breads.