Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited May 2020
Yeah. I've been leaving it for 1 hour after shaping it. Seemed to work ok this time.
I did knead it for like 30 minutes even though the instructions said to do it for 8, because it was nowhere near ready after 8. But I assume that will change with practice.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
edited May 2020
Bread thread, I have baked again. School being back in class means that I can’t do sourdoughs everyday, but I’m consistently doing a light loaf on Saturday to bake on Sunday.
This was the best rise I’ve done yet? I did three hours folding and turning, a cold ferment overnight then a two hour in the morning, and things looked really good, until the time I set did not actually get started so I kinda had to guess how long I left during crust formation and I kind of under did the crust, it’s just too soft to cut particularly well, and the dough is just very slightly under done.
Good to know I can get a good rise though.
I’ve also ordered a pair of bannetons so I might start baking in pairs, as it won’t massively increase the labour.
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Also @m!ttens wrote their recipe in a spreadsheet which was my first recipe when making sourdough . So I did what I always did when I see a spreadsheet and I rewrote it. The version I use now lets you play around with all of your hydration levels, inoculation rates and control your dough percentages depending on your situation. If anyone wants to play around with it I have attached it. (I've also included M!ttens's original file, but I had to delete their photos for upload size limit reasons)
Also don't pop the bubbles while shaping! @Cello that looks beautiful.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Yea baking in pairs is usually the way to go, it takes like 5% extra work and you get like twice the bread. You've just got to be able to eat the bread! Which is it's own problem in a lot of ways.
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Most bread freezes super well. Don't ever put bread in the fridge because you'll stale your gluten in hours, but a loaf of bread frozen in a Ziploc will come out good as fresh.
If you're as lazy as me, you can pre-slice the bread before you freeze it and just pry off a slice about half an hour before you want to toast it and put an egg on it. Depending on my sandwich consumption, I can stretch two loaves out to a month of breakfasts.
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Most bread freezes super well. Don't ever put bread in the fridge because you'll stale your gluten in hours, but a loaf of bread frozen in a Ziploc will come out good as fresh.
If you're as lazy as me, you can pre-slice the bread before you freeze it and just pry off a slice about half an hour before you want to toast it and put an egg on it. Depending on my sandwich consumption, I can stretch two loaves out to a month of breakfasts.
Almost all baked good freeze well in my experience - bread, bagels, muffins, get it in there quickly once it hits room temp and don't let it thaw and it will keep for ages.
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I made French bread pizza last night.
I'm having the leftovers today!
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I did my 3rd loaf on the weekend and it's still super yum.
I wish I had room in my freezer to freeze bread, or I would do a 2nd loaf. but I have no freezer space to freeze much of anything else.
my starter is going well and she's behaving herself. Now, I just need to find something to make with the discard that won't end up being not eaten by the people in my house. I think I like the idea of trying the KAF sourdough crackers.
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I'm working through my Bacon bread and it pairs perfectly with some brie, and god it's just so good. I have to be careful not to just eat a whole loaf in a day. We're doing grilled cheese with it tomorrow night. It's going to be great.
.you can theoretically do it before the first rise, and that will make the flavors spread through the bread more, but most recipes will have you do it during the shaping because adding fruit and stuff can inhibit the rise and make it take a lot longer. If you’re not in a hurry it’s totally up to you though.
.you can theoretically do it before the first rise, and that will make the flavors spread through the bread more, but most recipes will have you do it during the shaping because adding fruit and stuff can inhibit the rise and make it take a lot longer. If you’re not in a hurry it’s totally up to you though.
If I'm doing small stuff like bacon crumbles, oils or seasonings I'll do it before first rise. I've never tried heavier stuff that might sink. Why does fruit and stuff inhibit the rise? I'm curious.
.you can theoretically do it before the first rise, and that will make the flavors spread through the bread more, but most recipes will have you do it during the shaping because adding fruit and stuff can inhibit the rise and make it take a lot longer. If you’re not in a hurry it’s totally up to you though.
If I'm doing small stuff like bacon crumbles, oils or seasonings I'll do it before first rise. I've never tried heavier stuff that might sink. Why does fruit and stuff inhibit the rise? I'm curious.
Well anything with salt in definitely will slow things down because salt kills yeast. I’m not sure on the mechanism for other additives, but it’s been repeated as an article of faith by every baker I’ve ever read or listened to - I’m not at home or I’d go check my bread bible and find out. It’s a good question!
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Red Star Yeast says it's an osmotic effect. Some amount of sugar is necessary, of course, but beyond that the sugar starts to compete for water with the yeast and stresses the yeast. Sweet dough recipes call for more yeast to compensate.
As for salt, the salt competes in a similar way for water, and it also affects the enzymes responsible for autolyse. If you're doing a kneaded loaf and you let your dough rest for an autolyse step before adding salt and kneading, you'll allow autolyse to occur more readily and get a jump-start on that gluten development.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Ahhh, thats why my sourdough recipe adds the salt after a 30 minute rest after first combining the dough and water.
I totally am too much into AC that I missed this popping up
I feel so lucky I got into sourdough baking before all of this blew up. It allowed me to pick up a bunch of supplies I imagine are pretty hard to get right now (... not least of all... my 10kg of flour)
I make 84% hydration sourdough with a bit of whole wheat and rye in there. Here are some photos of recent bakes
Oh and a coconut pineapple bun in here for good measure
Thank you! It's not always so great
I always do the same ingredients/hydration and I try to keep the ambient temperature the same as well, but there's always some differences here and there in how it comes out. The magic of bread!
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Since we still can't open our break room due to the Rona, I'm embarking on week two of sandwich lunches.
Bodes well when you bite into your seventh sandwich in a row and think "Goddamn, I bake good bread."
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
the 4 year old is willingly eating the sourdough.
So, I am now making another loaf.
I am ecstatic that she will eat the bread. she doesn't eat the crust, but that's ok i don't mind that she eats the ENTIRE inside, even without being buttered.
Yes,the different gases/acids produced by the yeast. You can actually tune the sourness through bulk fermentation/proofing temperature adjustment. Really sour bread was likely proofed cold.
Attached relevant Tartine book passage
I've dabbled with bread for the past year or so. A few months ago I got a standing mixer after breaking my hand one making something with a particularly thick dough. While I really love the simplicity of dumping stuff into the standing mixer and just walking away and doing other stuff while it does its thing, I've had a real challenge getting a decent rise. My research says that basically standing mixers are too efficient, and overwork the gluten to the point of making it too tough and preventing dough to rise well.
Which, fine ok. I've been much more strict about the mixer and stuff, but I'm still having problems. I'll leave the covered bowl on top of my fridge, which should be roughly the warmest place in the house. This seems to somewhat improve the rise, but I certainly am not seeing the dough double in size in two hours like my recipes say. Any ideas of what else I'm doing wrong?
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Im going to go have some sourdough with brie right now. Mmm mmm!
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I did knead it for like 30 minutes even though the instructions said to do it for 8, because it was nowhere near ready after 8. But I assume that will change with practice.
This was the best rise I’ve done yet? I did three hours folding and turning, a cold ferment overnight then a two hour in the morning, and things looked really good, until the time I set did not actually get started so I kinda had to guess how long I left during crust formation and I kind of under did the crust, it’s just too soft to cut particularly well, and the dough is just very slightly under done.
Good to know I can get a good rise though.
I’ve also ordered a pair of bannetons so I might start baking in pairs, as it won’t massively increase the labour.
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If you're as lazy as me, you can pre-slice the bread before you freeze it and just pry off a slice about half an hour before you want to toast it and put an egg on it. Depending on my sandwich consumption, I can stretch two loaves out to a month of breakfasts.
Almost all baked good freeze well in my experience - bread, bagels, muffins, get it in there quickly once it hits room temp and don't let it thaw and it will keep for ages.
I'm having the leftovers today!
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Finally!
I wish I had room in my freezer to freeze bread, or I would do a 2nd loaf. but I have no freezer space to freeze much of anything else.
my starter is going well and she's behaving herself. Now, I just need to find something to make with the discard that won't end up being not eaten by the people in my house. I think I like the idea of trying the KAF sourdough crackers.
I can mostly rely on the kid to eat crackers.....
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At what stage do I mix things like the olives or herbs or what not into the bread? Is that part of the first knead? or a different stretch and fold?
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If I'm doing small stuff like bacon crumbles, oils or seasonings I'll do it before first rise. I've never tried heavier stuff that might sink. Why does fruit and stuff inhibit the rise? I'm curious.
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Well anything with salt in definitely will slow things down because salt kills yeast. I’m not sure on the mechanism for other additives, but it’s been repeated as an article of faith by every baker I’ve ever read or listened to - I’m not at home or I’d go check my bread bible and find out. It’s a good question!
https://redstaryeast.com/yeast-baking-lessons/common-baking-ingredients/sweeteners/
As for salt, the salt competes in a similar way for water, and it also affects the enzymes responsible for autolyse. If you're doing a kneaded loaf and you let your dough rest for an autolyse step before adding salt and kneading, you'll allow autolyse to occur more readily and get a jump-start on that gluten development.
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It's mostly for the autolyse to happen. Detail here: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2017/09/29/using-the-autolyse-method
Just eating some now, still warm from the oven, slathered with butter and yeah it's not going to last the day.
I totally am too much into AC that I missed this popping up
I feel so lucky I got into sourdough baking before all of this blew up. It allowed me to pick up a bunch of supplies I imagine are pretty hard to get right now (... not least of all... my 10kg of flour)
I make 84% hydration sourdough with a bit of whole wheat and rye in there. Here are some photos of recent bakes
Oh and a coconut pineapple bun in here for good measure
I super recommend The Perfect Loaf's "Best Sourdough Recipe and Beginner's one too
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I always do the same ingredients/hydration and I try to keep the ambient temperature the same as well, but there's always some differences here and there in how it comes out. The magic of bread!
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Bodes well when you bite into your seventh sandwich in a row and think "Goddamn, I bake good bread."
So, I am now making another loaf.
I am ecstatic that she will eat the bread. she doesn't eat the crust, but that's ok i don't mind that she eats the ENTIRE inside, even without being buttered.
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I imagine her going for the raw dough before you even have a chance to bake it.
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Yes,the different gases/acids produced by the yeast. You can actually tune the sourness through bulk fermentation/proofing temperature adjustment. Really sour bread was likely proofed cold.
Attached relevant Tartine book passage
I've dabbled with bread for the past year or so. A few months ago I got a standing mixer after breaking my hand one making something with a particularly thick dough. While I really love the simplicity of dumping stuff into the standing mixer and just walking away and doing other stuff while it does its thing, I've had a real challenge getting a decent rise. My research says that basically standing mixers are too efficient, and overwork the gluten to the point of making it too tough and preventing dough to rise well.
Which, fine ok. I've been much more strict about the mixer and stuff, but I'm still having problems. I'll leave the covered bowl on top of my fridge, which should be roughly the warmest place in the house. This seems to somewhat improve the rise, but I certainly am not seeing the dough double in size in two hours like my recipes say. Any ideas of what else I'm doing wrong?
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I was not paying attention and not thinking and so did not grind the salt up before tossing into the dough.
so it has had small pockets of salt in it while rising.
I'm about to take it out of the fridge and I think I might give it a small counter rise before even starting preheating the oven.
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