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Since I had a disastrous attempt at pumpkin sourdough, which ended up in the bin, a straight dough would be perfect for saturday bake.

this recipe is borrowed from Folkish - flour waster yeast and salt Saturday white. But since it is a straight dough I added 10% of whole grain to give it some flavor ( rye 3%, wholewheat 5% and corn flour 2%) And increased the hydration to 76% to compensate the whole grain flour water absorption.

it suppose to be a pita bread, but it didn't puffs up all the way though, maybe the roasted garlic blocked the puffs somehow. But this bread is very soft and taste like a naan. 

It has been a while sinceI baked anything without yeast! 

While I havent had enough sourdough discard, n my mom is calling out for crackers, so i thought why not bake it with the most basic ingredients - wholewheat flour, seeds, oil and whey. 

1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup toasted sesame seeds (toast it till golden brown)

1/2 teaspoon salt (set aside pinch of salt to sprinkle on top)

5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or sesame oil

6 tablespoons whey, as needed (u might need more, it should be a stiff dough)

Found a dough sitting in the freezer when I cleared up my fridge.

A fresh loaf for breakfast tomorrow. Yippee!

taking into DA's advise finally been able to bake a loaf with a moist and soft crumb. Adding the soak water of long an and goji berries give this bread a sweetness tang. 

I was gonna make a 50% wholewheat ciabatta with hybrid levin. After milking the soy bean,I thought I should added some of the soy pulps in my loaf. 

The calcuated hydration was at 80%, I guess the grains soak up a lot of water, so I ended up with a tacky dough instead of a ciabatta dough. 

The coming week would be a ciabatta challenge again! Hopefully no pulps will come in my way. 

i canf wait to try to bake with my new babe -RYW. after reading a few entries from this web wite, I decided to build a leaving with Ryw. But its a bit late to wait for it to grow double in size, I put the levain back in the fridge continued baking this morning.

I baked this loaf usin the hybrid method as my family and Frds are very sensitive to sourness.

i added a pinch of yeast to shorten it's bulk fermentation time and increase the hydration to 70%. retart it in the fridge for the whole proof 6-7hours in the fridge.

the crumb Is soft and chewy. But I want it to be more open

Sourdough in action again. 

Even since I received a starter from carl im obsess with it, now I bake everything with sourdough. Its awesome with great taste. I used the recipe from www.norishingjoy.com but I have made a little twist.

1/2 cup sourdough wholewheat starter
3/4 cup Canola Oil
3/4 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup AP flour
3/4 cup granuate sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon of minced orange zest

this weekend I've been super productive, I've bake a sourdough chocolate cake, 50% ww English muffins and a Norwich.

with the help of TFLers I've finally pull together a not too sour sourdough. But I still can't taste the subtle sweetness as describe in others post. Probably I should get one and use it as a benchmark.