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Homemade baguette with a light, airy dough and a golden crust.

Homemade baguette with a light, airy dough and a golden crust.

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Only four ingredients are needed for delicious baguettes: flour, water, salt, and yeast, with two rises and a brushing with salted water for a golden crus…

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A baguette only requires flour, water, salt, and yeast, but this simplicity requires care and time. This recipe yields three golden-crusted baguettes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Resting5 hr
  • Total5 hr 55 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$1.12 $0.37 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

3 people
  • $0.88
  • $0.00
  • $0.20
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Place the flour and salt in a mixing bowl (preferably one with a lid), mix them together, and make a well in the center. ≈ 4 min
  2. Sprinkle the yeast into the bowl, add the sugar and a little warm water, just enough to dissolve the yeast. ≈ 4 min
  3. Cover the starter with a cloth and let it rest in a warm place for 30 minutes.
  4. Gradually add the remaining lukewarm water and knead for at least 10 minutes to form a dough ball.
  5. Cover with a cloth and let it rise for 2 hours in a warm place.
  6. Re-knead the dough. ≈ 10 min
  7. Cover and let rise for another 2 hours in a warm place.
  8. Divide the dough ball into three equal portions. ≈ 10 min
  9. Lay each piece out into a thin rectangle, then roll it up lengthwise to form a baguette. ≈ 10 min
  10. Place the patties side-by-side on a baking sheet and make small diagonal cuts in each one. ≈ 3 min
  11. You can preheat the oven using both high and low settings.
  12. Let the dough rest for another 30 minutes, then brush it with salted water and bake.
  13. After about 15 minutes of cooking, you can brush them again with salted water (optional).
  14. The total cooking time is approximately 25 minutes; it should continue until the baguettes are nicely golden brown.

The bill

Homemade baguette with a light, airy dough and a golden crust.

  • 670 g of wheat flour (type 405)$0.88
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar$0.00
  • 25 g of fresh yeast$0.20
  • 1½ cups of salt$0.04

Total$1.12

that's $0.37 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 670 g of wheat flour (type 405)
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 25 g of fresh yeast
  • 1½ cups of salt
  • 400 ml of warm water
  • Saltwater for applying (1 teaspoon of salt per 1 cup of water)

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