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hats off to hamelman!

October 12, 2008 - 7:29pm -- rubato456

my daughter had a friend over for lunch, who is from the ukraine and only been in the states a few years. i offered her some of the hamelman 40% rye that i baked yesterday along w/ her fried chicken and she loved it. she exclaimed that it was just like the bread she was used to in the ukraine and she couldn't believe how great it was...... :-)

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tried Hammelman's 40% rye

October 11, 2008 - 12:11pm -- rubato456

i decided to try hammelman's 40% rye....i followed directions except i added about 100g of whole wheat bread flour as i had used up my first clear flour. i wonder how it will taste compared to greenstein's? i see the recipe only uses 2 tb of sourdough starter, compared to greenstein's 1 1/2 cups......i'm thinking greenstein's will be much more flavorful, but we'll see..

i'm wondering if i should have slashed the bread....i used the docking technique of poking in about 25 places.....but it seemed to tear a bit on one side. any suggestions? 

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Straight from refrigerator to oven?

October 9, 2008 - 7:07pm -- jeffesonm

Hi all,

After a long summer hiatus (no AC) I am back to bread baking.  Unfortunately I failed to maintain my starter and ended up throwing it out.  Fortunately a nearby bakery was kind enough to give a chunk of theirs, which turned out to be a firm levain.  I baked my first loaves of the season this past weekend and again the house was filled with the delicious smell of bread baking.

Next week at work there's a United Way bake sale, so I figured I'd contribute some delicious loaves.  I'm planning to make the following:

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Bake times for smaller loaves

October 9, 2008 - 5:17pm -- Traci

Hi,

I have only just started baking. I've made the no-knead bread and really like that. However its really, really large for one person. If I want to split the recipe in two and make two loaves how I should adjust the bake times to still get the same results of a crispy, crackly crust and nice soft inner part? Also, is there anything I'll need to do differently with my dutch oven?

Thanks in advance!

 

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