Pain d’épi is a baguette made to look like a stalk of wheat. Since this French bread looks super fancy, naturally I thought it must be difficult to make.
But I learned that you can make this beautiful loaf quickly and easily using canned dough – who knew?
You will need
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- glass pie plate
- 1 cup of warm water
- scissors
- a sprinkle of flour
- 1 can of dough, like the one pictured below:
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F
- Put a glass pie plate filled with warm water on the bottom rack of the oven (the steam will help create a nice crust)
- Place the dough from the can on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Sprinkle a little flour on the dough and lightly flatten
Cutting technique
At about a 30° angle, cut the dough to make a “leaf” then move it to one side:
Make another cut, then move it to the opposite side:
Repeat, alternating sides until the whole loaf looks like this:
Bake at 350°F for 24 minutes.
Voilà! Easy-peasy Pain d’épi!
Serve with butter or jam or enjoy as-is: nice and warm! Bon appétit! 🥖
This looks lovely! I don’t think I’ve ever heard of pain d’épi before, but it reminds me of a pull-apart bread. Glad to see you baking again, and I look forward to more of your recipes in due course. 🙂
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Thanks, Rebecca! In another life, I wanted to be a pastry chef and bread baker 😀 Love the pull-apart feature of the pain d’épi – no knife needed 👍🏼
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I’m a bit taken aback by how easy that looks. Yours turned out beautifully! I’ll give it a try tomorrow! I’m thinking about making another sourdough starter today but mine just never turns out. 😦
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Thanks – it’s so easy! I hope your sourdough starter turns out well 👍🏼
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yum yum bread
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