Seriously. I've never done much baking and always had the impression that bread-making is an arcane art, and a time consuming one to learn.
Well, yesterday night, while doing some late-night internet browsing, I happened upon this post by a random tech bro (Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian). The title intrigued me, the photo convinced me, and literally 5 minutes later I was mixing the four ingredients in my kitchen.
In the morning, I followed the rest of the instructions, and now I am a proud owner of two crunchy baguettes. Well, one-and-a-half now, and soon to be zero.
They weren't perfect, mind you. They burnt a bit on the bottom, so I'll have to play around with the baking parameters. But despite that they're tasty, crunchy on the outside, soft and full of air pockets on the inside. I'm confident that with a few tweaks I'll be able to make ones as good as any store-bought baguette of this type.