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I'm writing this well after making this loaf last week or thereabouts.  Unlike so many of you, I'm boring in my bread tastes, I don't really want to make lots of different varieties, as long as I make this particular loaf and have it on hand for egg sandwiches, I'm reasonably happy.  I do use sourdough in it, as it tastes better with mustard and egg, than when it's made only with sweet yeast.

I have baked Pumpkin Pain De Mie and Pumpkin and Pepita Rustic bread for Halloween, and two batches of Pretzel.

Never having baked, tasted or even seen these skinny loaves before now their shape is my best guess based on Stan's instructions.

I may not have got the shape right, but I'm sure I got the recipe right. They are loaded with flavors! We're planning a small get together with friends to eat these; each guest will bring a dip or spread they think appropriate for rye. I'm making a roasted beet, yogurt, bleu cheese and bacon dip.

Crumb.

David G

I often ask for requests but seldom get one.  "Oh whatever you want to make" is the most common.  This time around the lovely lady requested a Sour Wheat bread.  I was thrilled.  I decided I'd build a new formula just for this/her.  And since I'm so happy with the results I thought I'd share.  A note on how my spreadsheet functions.  The

People often criticize the Forkish method of managing one's starter.  For example, if you were to make his double-fed sweet levain according to his instructions, you would throw away everything but 50 grams of your starter that you fed 24 hours ago, feed it 250 grams of flour and (200 grams of water) for a total of 450 grams of levain.

Hello all TFL'ers.  I stepped away from baking bread for awhile and just started again about 18 months ago, but this time with SD.  I want to say thank you to everyone that posts on this site.  What a wealth of information, passion and willingness to share. There are many folks here that have inspired me to keep learning and challenging myself.   I felt after "lurking" on the site for so long that I'd log-in.  My hat goes off to Floyd for such a great site that he tirelessly maintains. (IMO). Until next time.... happy baking.

Everyone, have a fun trick and yummy treat!!

I am honored to be participating as a recipe tester for Stan Ginsberg's upcoming bread book featuring rye breads.  We are not legally allowed to share or discuss the actual recipes we are testing, but fortunately we can at least wet your appetite with some photos.

After 3 weeks of baking fruit, nut and seed bread, Lucy had enough of these experiments and decided to go back to another experiment that she wasn’t quite happy with  the last outcomes. This bake goes back to the multigrain SD breads using home sprouted, dried and milled flour but also using the same sprouted multi-grains as whole berries.

Some changes I made for this bake of 3-stage pain au levain

-Levain chef premiere fermented for 3 hours

-Included a 2 hour RT autolyse without levain

-bulk fermentation lasted 45 minutes

-hydration increased to 72%

-used "high extraction" flour blend: 50% whole wheat, 50% all purpose

-Shaped into 1 miche, 1 boule, and 1 batard

some crumb shots