I don't want to spend my time mixing and kneading. I go over the enjoyment of kneading pretty fast when I did it every week. I love homemade bread. Here is the recipe I use for crusty French bread loaves.
3 cups non bleached all purpose flour
1 1/8 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspsoons or one package of yeast
Add more water or flour as needed for dough to form ball.
I roll the risen dough in two long loaves, let rise in long steam pans and then bake 400 degrees for 30 min, uncover and bake about ten minutes or until bread is golden brown. The bread will sing as it cools!
I use Baporoma Steam Baking Master pans. They are hard to find now but use to be very popular bread baking pans.