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Yeast brands and taste...

How to tell when stored yeast (Compressed or ADY) is shot?

Amount to dehydrate?

How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof

New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production

Smoked brisket on homemade whole wheat Bread. For lunch.

Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!

Upping the Protein

A curious bake

Buying in bulk near Spring, The Woodlands, of Conroe TX

New York City style pizza

Danish rye bread

Moving internationally, want to move with my levain

Cauliflower pizza

lady fingers

Arizona, down in the San Tan Valley BBQ

Into the Cornicione

Hi from OKC! Does anyone still use a DAK bread maker?

alternative to poke test for multigrain sandwich loaf

Oven died…Replace with Gas or Electric?

Blog Posts

Fabulous sourdough cheese bread made with Guinness beer and 40% whole wheat flour

Guinness Cheddar Sourdough Bread by The Sourdough Gal

Enriched true-sourdough trial #3: 85% hydration sweet potato cinnamon hearts with fermented cassava cream

Cake

Four Berry Jelly Doughnut Cake with Black Sesame Cinnamon Sugar

SD focaccia

Sourdough Focaccia.

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Durum Whole Wheat Ricotta with Pecans Sourdough

50% WW SD pan loaf 81% hydration

50% Whole Wheat Sourdough Pan Loaf 81% hydration

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Whole Wheat-Spelt Smoked Potatoes with Yogurt Sourdough

First ever sourdough loaf

Four breads side by side as seen from the top. Breads are samples 1 to 4 from left to right as per the text. Breads 3 and 4 opened properly at the straight score.

Attempts at improving sourdough using glutinous rice flour

Wound

My mother always said, the cheep becomes expensive.

Final product

For tomorrows exercise. Another revamped whole grain bread.

Triple P Sourdough Roman Pizza

Triple P Sourdough Roman Pizza

Finished product

Aim: To reformulate a whole grain flaxseed bread

round rye loaves

Sour Ring Bread - Hapanleipa (Finland)

Enriched true-sourdough trial #1-2: Fixes to my 'roti gambang' as pain Viennois

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Whole Wheat-Spelt Ricotta Sourdough

Oatmeal Bread

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Rye with Slow Cooker Cherry Swirl

Double Olive Lemon Pepper Sourdough Pan Loaf

Double Olive Lemon Pepper Sourdough Pan Loaf

Pizza

Grandma pizza / par baked crust

Recent comments

I don't think I've never baked with rye

Bronze
5 hours 41 minutes ago
First bake with rye. Feedback please and outstanding questions.
Crumb looks good - I bet…

albacore
7 hours 36 minutes ago
Guinness Cheddar Sourdough Bread by The Sourdough Gal
Another option

Bronze
8 hours 55 minutes ago
Amount to dehydrate?
I was given a bunch of yeast of a questionable age by a friend

Bronze
9 hours 2 minutes ago
How to tell when stored yeast (Compressed or ADY) is shot?
Thank you both

Bronze
9 hours 9 minutes ago
550 Flour - equivalent flours here in the States ?
Decided on Amount
PNWguy
14 hours 9 minutes ago
Amount to dehydrate?
Elly's bake
alan856
14 hours 23 minutes ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
Yeast brands and taste...

SkyWalker_07
15 hours 13 minutes ago
Yeast brands and taste...
ADY

Moe C
16 hours 54 minutes ago
Yeast brands and taste...
To increase the yeast flavor…
VerdigRegis
18 hours 47 minutes ago
Yeast brands and taste...
You can tell if it's still…
VerdigRegis
18 hours 56 minutes ago
How to tell when stored yeast (Compressed or ADY) is shot?
The database is held in…

bfrwa
1 day ago
New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production
Haha 2 posts. Anyway - if it…

Davey1
1 day ago
How to tell when stored yeast (Compressed or ADY) is shot?
The difference - if there is…

Davey1
1 day ago
Yeast brands and taste...
Hot weather sourdough

AmandaW
1 day 5 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
A few ounces would be good -…

Davey1
13 hours 39 minutes ago
Amount to dehydrate?
Use less starter. Enjoy!

Davey1
1 day 5 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
Have dehydrated starter and revived it
foodforthought
1 day 7 hours ago
Amount to dehydrate?
Thanks for all replies!
alan856
1 day 8 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
not an answer to your…

squattercity
1 day 9 hours ago
Amount to dehydrate?
Insulated Chest With Ice Cubes
tpassin
1 day 9 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
short answer yes. I've read…

squattercity
1 day 10 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
Yes

Isand66
1 day 10 hours ago
How to fix a HOT kitchen/big overproof
40-50% Rise
PNWguy
1 day 13 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
I took a little peek

Floydm
1 day 13 hours ago
New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production
Did you have a look? If so,…

bfrwa
1 day 15 hours ago
New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production
I used to think that oat…

WanyeKest
1 day 18 hours ago
Upping the Protein
Aside from lowered hydration…

WanyeKest
1 day 16 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
Oh boy. You're right…

bfrwa
1 day 23 hours ago
New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production
Oops

Floydm
1 day 23 hours ago
New, Free, Simple WebApp Suitable for Small Bakery's Daily Production
Fwiw: here's a higher…

squattercity
2 days 2 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
Flour is fresh as I just got…
mizi
2 days 3 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
Weird. I've never used…

squattercity
2 days 3 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
Another Aussie

AmandaW
2 days 4 hours ago
New from Australia
Carolann you’ll just need to…

Benito
2 days 4 hours ago
Four Berry Jelly Doughnut Cake with Black Sesame Cinnamon Sugar
Something wrong with figures

Moe C
2 days 6 hours ago
Upping the Protein
I'm in the UK, so not…

albacore
2 days 6 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
good point on the flour…
mizi
2 days 7 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
You should always include…

albacore
2 days 8 hours ago
Can't get enough oven spring, help!!!
hmmm., I was going to make pie with my berry haul

cfraenkel
2 days 9 hours ago
Four Berry Jelly Doughnut Cake with Black Sesame Cinnamon Sugar

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