Almond Free Classic French Baguettes

Few things in the kitchen feel as satisfying as pulling a batch of golden, crackling baguettes from the oven, and this recipe delivers that bakery-level result right at home. The process starts with a poolish — a simple overnight starter made from just yeast, water, and bread flour — that builds the kind of deep, complex flavor you usually only find in a proper French boulangerie. From there, a series of stretch-and-fold techniques develops a smooth, elastic dough without any heavy kneading, making it far more approachable than it might look on paper. The ingredient list is beautifully stripped back: bread flour, yeast, salt, and water. There are no nuts, no nut-derived oils, and no ambiguous add-ins to second-guess, which makes this a genuinely worry-free bake for anyone navigating tree nut concerns. Steam injected into the oven during the first phase of baking creates that signature shatteringly crisp crust, while the interior stays open and chewy. Scoring the loaves at a confident angle right before they go in is the move that gives each baguette its dramatic, ear-like bloom. Once they come out deep mahogany and hollow-sounding when tapped, the hardest part is waiting the full twenty minutes before you tear in.

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