5 Tips: Shaping Baguettes

Summary by Krater

Martin from King Arthur Baking Company shares five tips and techniques for shaping baguettes, covering practice, pre-shaping, folding, shaping, and patience.

From the video

Answers: How do I shape a baguette?

• baguette shaping technique
• bread pre-shaping
• dough folding method

Ingredients

• flour
• 300 g bread dough

What it concludes

• The more beautiful and regular your pre-shape is, the more beautiful the final shape will have.
• The more tubular the dough is, the more beautiful and even the final shape will be.
• Maintaining square sides during folding and shaping translates into an even baguette with straight sides.