The bread looks gorgeous. And you took it one step further to do another recipe with it - Bravo!

Thanks for the wonderful photos and for starting the DB of course! It was quite the challenge but that’s what I love best about the Daring Bakers.

Ivonne, Your baguettes look just divine! And that caramelized onion toast is making me hungry (its nearing dinner time here!) This was a fun challenge wasnt it!!!

Gorgeous baguettes!

Beautiful!! I need to try them as that appetizer next time.

These look super! I’m going to try both recipes as they look like sure winners. But then every thing you do is “Blue Ribbon” quailty and “Best of Show”!

Absolutely beautiful! I *love* that caramelized onion toast (I just met & fell in love with caramelized onions!). Your baguettes are beautiful and I love the color!

Lovely bread Ivonne - and I love the idea of caramelized onion toast.

The bread is beautiful- and the caramelized onions look amazing. Looks like a wonderful recipe and a must try.

Beautiful bread and the caramelized onion toast is to die for!

what a lovely color on your french bread. I like what you did to it afterwards too!

Your bakes are truly impressive as always…you made such a lovely breads

I love the topping you put on! That looks scrumptious and your loaves look amazing!

fabulous looking bread ivonne! and that toast is going on my “to make” list.

Carmelized onion toast? Drool! Your bread looks awesome!

The same here, Marco just can’t live without his bread, he feels bad if there’s none in the house! Lovely bread!

Your bread turned out so beautifully. I like all your pictures of each step you took. Lovely job.

Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go

That looks beautiful! That crumb, the crust, the pizza after… Yum! Yum! Yum!

Beautiful bread! A day without it is a lonely day indeed! The toast looks wonderful (anchovies please!!).

Wait, wait. It’s still February and that’s not chocolate on the bread! ;))
Consternation, yes. But, consternation is sometimes just a prelude to getting on with it.
This really is as close to the real deal as I’ve ever found this side of that pond!

That’s the way to go: butter only! I fell in love with this bread and the way the recipe was written.
Gorgeous loaves Ivonne!

yum!!! i ate pretty much all of mine with butter and cheese, and now i wish i’d done something more special with them!

Ivonne,

Julia’s bread AND Tyler’s onion topping. OH MY but what a great way to use that last baguette.

Thanks so much for your and Lisa’s support this month. Sara and I can’t tell you how much we appreciated it.

As always, it was joy to bake with you yet once again.

Hugs

That toast is talking to me!

Lovely looking bread! Great job!

That onion toast looks awesome!

Where do you buy your fresh yeast? I’ve never used it before.

Your bread is beautiful and wow look at that mouthwatering appetizer. I greedily ate all of my bread with butter or as toast with butter and a little jam. I’m doing it again this weekend. Thanks for sharing the additional recipe!
x x x

I am looking for ways to use up my 2 batches of french bread. Now I know at least part of it will be turned into caramelised onion toasts!

Oh my word that toast looks fabulous!! Great job on the bread, your photo essay is lovely.

I did expect you to flash a picture of a baguette with chocolate on it (nutella?) to keep up with your monthly theme. I really liked the challenge - it was properly challenging but really rewarding.

mmm the bread looks wonderful and the onion toast brilliant!

Gorgeous bread! That caramelized onion topping looks out of this world!

Candace

How wonderful does your bread look!! Awesome job.

Well done, Ivonne! And a big thank you to you and Lisa for this group

Well done, Ivonne! I love the topping!

OH DELICIOUS! carmelized onion toast. gimme! Awesome pictures. Great job!
-Clara

I love the onion toast you made from the bread. How delicious this looks and I love that you left out the anchovies.

Your bread looks super yummy. The carmelized onion toast looks fabulous too!

Lovely, as always! I’m drooling over my computer right now — NOT a good situation. congrats on lovely loaves!

That bread looks great and with that topping - irresistible. I am feeling so on top of the world that I managed this one - just think I was going to chicken out!

And here I was wondering how you were going to manage sneaking in the chocolate for this one - a piece or too with Nutella maybe?
Beautiful, golden loaves you have there, btw!

mmm bread… February doesn’t give me enough weekends, darn it! I will make it, maybe this weekend! I still wish you were my housemate/lover/neighbour… i’m not fussy, i just want to eat what you cook

The caramelized onions, anchovies, thyme, olives and Parmigiano Reggiano topped bread looks awesome!

Oh my, the carmelized onion toast looks too good to eat. Really. And your bread looks perfect!

Mmm…. caramelized onions, french bread and cheese. Really, there’s no way to go wrong with that combination! The title of your post made me chuckle because there is a cafe in LA called “Le Pain Quotidien” that bakes really good bread.

Oh. My. Gawd. I am panting heavily looking at that bread, I don’t want to date it, I want to marry it Black Widow Style, just marry it right up and eat it all.

Apparently I have skipped lunch again and the food from your blog is causing me to be rather possessed!

Seriously, the bread is lovely, and the recipe sounds divine. Now how much flour and yeast DO I have in the house anyway?????

Absolutely beautiful bread!

Your pictures all look so good! It looks like your loaves came out great.

so beautiful! i wish mine had browned as much as your did. and i love the appetizer - minus the olives (i’m not an olive eater) - but i LOVE caramelized onions!

Ivonne,
Fantastic job with this months challenge, I knew you would ace it. And thanks for telling us about Tyler’s book. I am a hug fan of his, I used to watch his Food 911 series all the time when I lived in the USA.

Nora

Your loaves look wonderful and this appetizer is to die for! Great job here!

Cheers,

Rosa

Our family always had bread with dinner, too. Unfortunately it came out of a plastic wrapper. Now if it had looked like yours, well. The carmelized onion on that bread is beyond delicious looking. If I can ask, what is the container you have your bread rising in? I was going to get creative, but then used the bowl I always do which does have fairly vertical sides…

A bonus recipe! Thank you! Your bread look delicious and Julia is a master at walking one through a process. I love your photos, too…make me want to bake this bread again

oooh that looks great. YOur crust is very pretty and I am drooling over that appetizer!! Bien fait!

Great looking bread and caramelized onion toast!

LOVE the caramelised onion topping…I had supper a couple of hours ago, but I could probably finish an entire baguette if it were served to me like that…

j

That carmelized onion toast looks fantastic . A must try and nice twist as to what to do with the bread.

gorgeous photos. love the color of your bread!!! and that caramelized onion is tempting!

Beautiful baguettes, Ivonne! What a great idea to make the onion toast too. It looks delicious. Of course, I definitely would have added the anchovies!

Great work–I really like the photos and wish I had some bread! I am also of the opinion that dinner simply requires bread to begin, and this looks like a great way to do that!

Butter is perfect, but that, is amazing!
Delicious.

Great job…I love the look of the filled bread, though anchovies make me jervous! Can’t say I dont like them b/c I’ve never had them. Wonderful as always.

Wow, this onion toast looks delicious. I joined the Daring Bakers this month, and I have one loaf left in the freezer. I may have to pull it out tomorrow to try this out!

your appetizer looks so good. I love caramelised onions. I am so looking forward to tring your recipe!

Your baguettes look wonderful. I love the sound/look of your topped bread - delicious.

your bread looks absolutley amazing. Great job Ivonne! You are clever

Wow. I mean, the bread looks great, but I love the picture of what you did with it! That onion toast looks incredibly mouth watering!

Gorgeous Bread! the picture of the caramelized onion toasts made me want to lick the screen:) Love the step by step photos!

Wow! caramilized onions on freshly baked bread! That says it all. Your bread looks divine and thanks for sharing this recipe. Now, when I do make the bread I will have to make the caramilized onion topping!!

Ivonne, lovely baguettes! And with such a beautiful crust. Thank you so much for starting the daring Bakers - nothing would have been possible without you!

This is my first month as a DB, and I loved it! Your bread is gorgeous. There is something so rewarding about baking bread isn’t there? And thanks for the onion recipe as a little bonus. It looks delicious.

Those baguettes look great! And if you top it with carmelized onions. Wow it must be pure indulgence

Your bread looks delicious - such a great colour. I also love the look of that appertiser. Yum.

beyoootiful as always Helene! and your recipe sounds great - makes me want to try it again!

wow- really nice crust, nice color. I have been wanting to try that tyler Florence recipe- looks delicous!

Oh the appetizer looks super yummy…as does the bread it sits on.

Absolutely beautiful bread, and thanks for the bonus recipe. Yummmmm! I am hoping I will be able to join in on the Daring Bakers fun this month. I only requested last week, so I guess we will see. I love your blog. I hope that I can be this good someday too. Thanks for the talent you share

Carrie

Oh this is so gorgeous, ended so well! make my tummy asking for some! lol!

Holy Cow! That bread! Those toasts! Wow!

Your bread looks wonderful - and those pizzas look gorgoeus!

Most of mine got eaten just with butter too, but I have one batard in the freezer. After reading a bunch of posts about nutella and chocolate, I thought it would end up there, but your caramelized onion bread may have changed my mind. Looks beautiful, and Julia Child’s bread makes such a wonderful base for recipes like that.

I ate most of mine with butter as well. Yum! Your bread looks absolutely perfect!

Your baguettes look fabulous! And I love those toasts you made…yum!!! I still have a baguette in the freezer so I can try this

The baguettes are gorgeous.. almost as gorgeous as the gal who baked them.. but not quite.

And the oniony buttery lusciousness at the end?? Holy cow does that trip my trigger. Which really isn’t too suprising as ANYTHING Tyler trips my trigger.

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As always an extremely beautiful result on your challenge. You’ll have to give me the secret on how you got those results out of your home oven.. did you spray did dough or did you brush it with water?? Do you have any pointers on shaping the baguettes? cause I really couldn’t understand very well the instructions. And for the final rise did you wrap your bread in canvass? heh *blush* too many questions.
Anyway CONGRATULATIONS on your amazingly yummy looking bread.

Very nice Ivonne. Your crust looks absolutely perfect.

Yep, I was impressed too, and this is a definite keeper. As usual your bread looks absolutely delicious and professional. Thanks again for a fabulous group.

Luscious looking loaves Ivonne!

yum! I could really sink my teeth into that caramalized onion bread!

I agree, there’s really nothing like bread and butter. Your bread looks fantastic!

I love those photos of the unbaked loaves.

Thank you for all the lovely comments about the bread!
Ivonne