Herbed Pain Frais

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 packet gormet active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• fresh rosemary or dried rosemary

Recipe

• 1 prepare dough in bread machine following your machine's instructions.
• 2 once dough has risen, punch it down and remove from bread machine.
• 3 cut in half and place both balls of dough on lightly floured bread board.
• 4 gently roll and stretch until you have two baquettes.
• 5 alternately, you can roll into ball-shaped loaves for a nice change of pace.
• 6 place loaves onto lightly olive-oiled non-stick baking sheet and allow to rise for 1/2 hour.
• 7 make 3 diagonal slices on the top of each loaf with a sharp knife.
• 8 sprinkle top of loaves lightly with olive oil, rosemary and additional kosher salt.
• 9 you can also use other herbs to your taste.
• 10 place loaves in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 remove from oven and allow to cool on a rack before slicing.
• 12 best served warm with plenty of butter or olive oil& balsamic vinigar for dipping.