Soy Free Classic French Baguettes

Few things in the bread world beat the crackle of a just-baked baguette, and this recipe delivers that bakery-quality crust and open, chewy crumb entirely from scratch. The ingredient list is beautifully stripped down — just yeast, water, bread flour, and sea salt — which means there's nothing hidden to worry about for anyone avoiding soy. Store-bought bread is one of the trickier categories for soy-sensitive shoppers, since emulsifiers and conditioners derived from soy sneak into commercial loaves constantly. Making your own removes all of that uncertainty. The process starts with an overnight poolish that builds deep, complex flavor before the real dough even comes together, and a series of stretch-and-folds develops gluten without any heavy kneading. Scoring the loaves at a confident angle and blasting them with steam in a screaming-hot oven is what creates that signature blistered crust and dramatic ear. Once they come out a deep mahogany brown and cool on the rack, you'll have a hard time waiting the full twenty minutes before tearing in.

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