Authentic Baguettes at Home

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breads
    

Most American baguettes are doughy and pale, and the recipes we found weren’t much better. To get it right, we went to Paris to learn from the masters.

SERVESMakes 4 baguettes (Each 15 inches long)

TIME2 hours, plus 28¼ hours resting and 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a homemade baguette that rivals the best from Parisian boulangeries, we took a trip to France to learn firsthand what it takes. The problem with most published recipes, we discovered, is that all the small details that matter are glosse...

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