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50% Australian white spelt sourdough with Chia seeds, sesame seeds and cranberry

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hello everyone, been busy with work and family. of course i do bake as usual for friends and family and myself. just have no time to sit down and have a clear head to write. everyday, i do read all the new blogs that all of you contributed. it is a joy to read. here, i share a recent bread i baked.. 50% organic Australian white spelt sourdough with seeds n cranberry. happy baking evon

How to deal with monsters

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Having got a bit into baking big miches recently (Hamelman's Miche Pointe-A-Caillere and Shiao-Ping's interpretation of Gerard Rubaud's formula), one of the big obstacles I faced in my home environment was to transfer a 2300g loaf into the oven. Here is how I managed to do it: 1. The shaped dough (2300 g) sits on a couche

After Shaping

WHICH BREAD BOOK TO START WITH???

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Ok, I finally have given in..I can read from here, learn from here, but now I can see I need (knead) lol to read and learn so much more..can anyone out there give me some advice about which book to buy for my bread baking shelf?

Spring Levain

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Springtime is outdoor time.  Meaning less baking time :-(.  So I'm pleased to have worked up this 36h labor-lite levain.  It has very satisfyingly complex flavor, surprisingly light crumb and an irresistible crust when baked boldly.  Prep is facilitated by using the same flours (a modified Rubaud mix) for both levain and dough.  Many thanks to Ian(ArsP) via PiPs for novel (to me) process pointers.

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Milk Bread with Raisins

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I make another batch of the Hokkaido Milk Bread with Tangzhong this weekend, this time adding 2 cups of soaked sultana raisins.  

That was two cups of raisins before soaking. After soaking it was more like 3 or 3 1/2 cups, which was a lot of raisins. I was afraid it was going to be too much and really weigh the loaves down, but they still rose quite nicely.

CONVECTION OVEN BLUES HELP IT'S HOT IN HERE

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Hi Everyone!

I am desperate, the new place we moved into has a convection oven.  I am not used to cooking in an electric convection oven and have not been having good results with my bread baking.  

Is there some way to control things better so I can get good results?

Help! 

 

Naomiyoheved

Sennebec Hill Bread

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The past two weeks have been rather more demanding than usual.  We had gone to Colorado Springs to visit our youngest daughter's family for the Easter weekend.  We were just a few minutes away from their house when my brother-in-law called to let us know that he had taken my mother-in-law to ER; her cancer that had been diagnosed a year and a half previously was causing new complications.  We decided to cut our visit short and drive back to Kansas on Easter Sunday.  The following morning, April 1, my wife flew to Traverse City, MI, to be with her mother.