I am sorry, but these baguettes looks like ciabatta bread by consistency of the dough (very wet and very soft) and the outcome: the cuts , the color, and the crust look very much like ciabatta. Don't be sorry - ciabatta and baguettes are very similar. Baguettes are generally taller/skinnier, ciabatta flatter/thinner. Both have interiors filled with irregular holes. Both are chewy, with crusty/crackly crusts. Baguettes are French; ciabatta, Italian. Two cultures, two versions of an everyday hearth bread. The classic American version is a white sandwich loaf... PJH

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