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Portuguese Buns

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I have been wanting to try these for a while, we live in an area where there are many Portuguese bakeries and these are a big hit 

Simple enough to make:

520 gr bread flour

120 gr warm milk

180 gr warm water

35 gr butter

7 gr yeast

teaspoon of sugar

add the yeast to the water, milk and sugar (let proof for 10 min)

put the flour and salt in mixer bowl with the butter

add the yeast mixture and run the mixer on low for 2 min, crank up the speed a couple of notches and knead for 5-7 min until you get a nice smooth dough

Methods and Rationale for Sourdough Starter Maintenance and Elaboration

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Since the facility for uploading fully formatted Word and PDF documents has not been implemented, the details of this post can be found here and I have loaded (above and below) a pictographic shorthand version which lacks any explanation of the rationale.  The artwork covers the whole bread-making process of which the illustration above covers starter maintenance, elaboration into a levain, and then using the levain to initiate a batch of bread dough.  The linked paper covers only the starter maintenance and

Best no Knead?

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What is the bEST no knead formula?  Best for large holes in crumb, high taste as a result of long fermentation, crust that is wonderful but will not break my jaw?    Thanks@

3rd bake with my new Challenger bread pan

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Just sharing my 3rd bake with my new Challenger bread pan. Until recently I've been struggling with steaming in my oven but as you can see I think 'problem solved'!

 

I'm happy with the crust and flavor but I need to work on the rise - I'll be working with the starter feeding times.

Another Buckwheat/Oat Variant

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This is my stand-by bread.  One of these days, I need to finalize a recipe and stick with it.  For this one, I eliminated the oat flour and reduced the buckwheat flour.  The sorghum, buckwheat, and barley flours were used for a mash, and buckwheat and oat groats were used in a hot water soaker.

Loaf flattened a bit versus springing, but the crumb turned out nice and moist and fairly open.  I keep wanting to make this a hearth loaf, but it's tricky getting it right with the level of gluten free flours.  I may just start keeping this a pan loaf.

25% whole wheat "sourdough" with CLAS

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Decided to try to make "traditional sourdough" style bread using CLAS and CY. Mostly standard formula, 25% whole wheat, 75% hydration: https://fgbc.dk/1oiv

I used a week-old CLAS from the fridge, and I pre-warmed it before mixing, like recommended for wheat doughs. It contained 5% of all flour for the bread, like recommended for 1st grade or high gluten flour. I reduced the yeast from recommended just a touch, since I didn't want to open a new packet, so 2.4g instead of 3 g IDY.