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This blog entry is so that I don't forget what I did to make this loaf when I lose the scrap piece of paper I wrote it on :) 50% Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread 1 1/2 cups proofed white sourdough starter 1 1/2 cups warm water 2 Tbsp oil 1 Tbsp brown sugar 3 cups whole wheat flour ~1 cup of white flour 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 Tbsp vital wheat gluten Baking schedule: -mixed together all ingredients (except salt) until moist -20 minute autolyze -added salt -kneaded with mixmaster for ~5 minutes 0 hrs->put in greased, covered bowl for first rise 2 hrs->folded do

Thanks to this site, I baked my very first sourdough loaf today after two weeks of preparation :) Yippeeee!!! It certainly is not the perfect loaf (quite flat), but I am just happy that I grew yeast from scratch that caused any rising action at all (thanks to a mixture of Floydm & sourdolady's starter recipes and advice)... | | Here is a pictoral account of my adventure...Day 1 is the day I began making my homemade starter. | Day 5...my first big day of "bubble action" in my homemade starter!!!

Coffee Bread Pudding Recipe Last week I found myself with a huge tupperware container full of staling bread of various types, so I made this bread pudding (from a mixture of different recipes I found on the internet) and it was a big hit at tea time. I want to record the recipe here before I lose the scrap piece of paper I wrote it on as I went...

I had a few bars of chocolate in my fridge yesterday, so I decided to give dhedrick's Chocolate Chip Coffee Bread recipe a try. I really liked it!!! For me, it is the perfect bread to have with an afternoon cup of tea.

After a week full of "disaster breads", I am happy to report that I was *finally* able to produce a few loaves that didn't make me laugh when they came out of the oven :) So now I will post some photos as evidence so that when I create my next major flop or paperweight, I can come back and be inspired to try, try again... ***The final results of my baking day: - - ***One of the secrets to my newfound abilit

This recipe is the result of a mixture of ideas from a few different recipes.

Last week I managed to try a few other recipes with mixed results... 1)Rustic Bread Very nice loaves of bread. Delicious!!!

I just finished making my second loaves from this site...the Rustic Bread. I followed the ingredient amounts exactly.

Okay, now I am trying to figure out how to post photos without having them appear in the Gallery :) I just discovered "Flickr", so I will try to post a link to my site to show my first attempt at Floydm's Pain Sur Poolish".