Thank goodness that somewhere in the back of my mind, I remembered I had read about a way to make 60-minute French bread or bread in an hour or really, really fast bread, or words to that effect. We had guests coming to dinner, and I had forgotten to stop for a crusty loaf on my way home. Rats! I did NOT want to run back into town, and I was determined to figure it out!
I found several recipes, and I went with the one I thought sounded the easiest. To be honest, I was skeptical about the quality of bread I could make so quickly, but it is absolutely amazing! I make all kinds of bread, but now I know whenever I need a fantastic loaf of perfectly tender French bread with a gorgeous, crisp, golden-brown crust, this is the way! Boom!
If you are a bread baker, you probably know that bread consists of flour, water, yeast, sugar, and salt. So how does this crazy quick bread happen? Simply put, we change the proportion of yeast and sugar to flour.