French Bread

Baked on
Guess Who's Cooking
by Derek Burrows
Originally aired on
Cable 12
July 28, 2003

Derek Burrows is an internationally known storyteller and musician. He was born and raised in The Bahamas and now lives in Boston. He has been a member of the group Voice of the Turtle for over twenty years and has performed throughout the United States and Europe. As a storyteller, one of his recent performances took place at the White House. He is one of two guests this season that has appeared on Guess Who’s Cooking for two episodes.



Pour the two cups of warm water into a bowl. Add Sugar and then Yeast and let the Yeast rise. Add Salt and then Flour. Mix in a mixer to kneed. Remove from the mixer and kneed some more, then cut the dough into loaves. Use the Corn Meal to cover the baking sheet. Put the loaves on top of the Corn Meal covered sheet. Put Egg on the top of the loaves and let the loaves rise for approximately 20 minutes. Bake loaves at 350 degrees.

Ingredients

2 cups water

2 packets yeast

4 cups flour

1 egg

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

corn meal to cover sheet