4 whole french machine Recipes

whole wheat flour , plus extra as needed (2 cups), unbleached all-purpose flour (2 cups) or 10 oz white bread flour (2 cups), granulated sugar, table salt, instant yeast or 3/4 tsp fast rising yeast or 3/4 tsp bread machine yeast, ice water , plus more if needed, walnut oil or vegetable oil, for coating dough top and baking pot, fresh walnut halves (6 oz), perfect walnut halves

lukewarm water, organic white whole wheat flour (i prefer king arthur brand), mineral salt or 1 3/4 tsp sea salt, dry yeast

leeks , trimmed of tough tops, leave 3 to 4 inches of green on white of leek, extra virgin olive oil, bay leaf, potatoes, peeled and sliced, salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste, good quality chicken stock (i use 4 cup. stock, 2 cup. water), garlic cloves, skin removed, whole grain french bread, cut into small pieces, thick slab bacon , 1 (1/2-inch), chives, sliced thin for garnish, crusty bread (make your favorite recipe in your bread machine, i make the dough in the machine and transfer to a b)