Soy Free Crusty French Baguette

There is something deeply satisfying about pulling a golden, crackling baguette out of your own oven, and this recipe delivers that bakery-worthy result with just four ingredients. Bread flour, sea salt, instant yeast, and water — that's the entire list, which means there is absolutely nothing hidden to worry about. For anyone navigating soy sensitivities, store-bought bread can be a minefield of unexpected additives and emulsifiers, but this dough is as clean and straightforward as it gets. The magic here comes from a long, cold ferment in the refrigerator, which builds deep, complex flavor without any shortcuts or additives. A series of stretch-and-fold techniques develops the gluten structure that gives you that open, chewy crumb and the signature shatter-crisp crust. Scoring the loaves at a shallow angle and blasting them with steam in a screaming-hot oven is what creates that dramatic, caramelized exterior you'd expect from a proper French bakery. Once you hear that hollow knock on the bottom and let them cool on the rack, you'll have a hard time going back to anything wrapped in plastic.

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