Bread Machine French Bread

• 1 cup warm water (90-95 degrees F)
• 1¼ tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp white sugar
• 1¼ tsp salt
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1¼ tsp bread machine or instant yeast

Place ingredients in your machine in the order listed or recommended by your manufacturer.

Select the French bread or crusty setting (1½ lbs), select light or medium crust, and press start.

Remove loaf from the machine after the cycle is done; cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning it out onto a rack to cool completely.