Crossposted from https://slrpnk.net/post/36226624

This was my time baking baguettes. Loaves on the left were the first, while the right being the final. You can see as the batches went on they came out better. I baked them 2 at a time on my pizza stone.

680g water (100f/37.5c or below)
10g granulated yeast
17-25g kosher salt
910g all purpose flour

I added 20g of vital wheat gluten to up the protein of the bread.

I formed 225g of dough into my loaves. Oven was heated to 450° f (I guess that is ~230c) and let the pizza stone heat for 20 minutes at temp. My two formed loaves rested during the heating. I placed a sheet of parchment paper on my pizza peel. Then the loaves on the paper, I slashed them, and wet the surface with water (initially I used a silicone basting brush, but switched to a spray bottle after the second batch).

After their 20 minute rest the loaves went into the oven for 25 minutes, after 10 minutes I pulled out the parchment paper. While this batch was baking I started getting the next ready.

I also add a small saucepan of water to the oven to add humidity.

We ate them with a buffalo ranch white bean dip i made for game. My son does not like beans, so he ate two loaves like bread sticks.

Now I am trying to find some good baguette pans so I can do this more easily. I am also going to try a softer bread today to make sandwich rolls.