Classic French Bread - 1.5 Lb Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons butter, softened
3 1/4 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 3/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Preparation

Place all ingredients into your bread pan per your manufacturers instructions. Mine says to do wet ingredients first so I follow the order they are listed above.
Select French Bread setting.
Select desired crust color.
If you have the option select 1.5 lb loaf.
Press start.