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Pain au son is one bread that I am so attached to. Not because I'm good at it, but because it took me hundred-something trials and errors until I got my accidental oven spring (lol).

It all started out as my frustration with whole wheat bread, and my unwillingness to do extra steps outside the main fermentation timeline (like sifting and soaking). Trust me when I say I prolly am the laziest among you all when it comes to baking, so lazy that I devised various methods to allow me be lazy even harder.

Inspired by WanyeKest, CalBeachBaker, and Trailrunner I tried my own sweet potato SD loaf with whole grain. I'm pleased with the result. This was a 1-day bake with an appointment in the middle. It is beautiful and smells great. The flavor is mild with only a little sour.

This is the first of five focaccia I'm making that will be identical except for the olive oil used.

Dough:
350g whole wheat flour
200g of 100% hydration sourdough starter
250g water 
1 tsp fine sea salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

Toppings
Big handful of pistachios chopped up in a food processor
Dried dates cut into smaller chunks

I started with 125g of spelt and 225g of wheat, milled twice, once coarse, then as fine as my Mockmill will get it.

This is my entry into the Freshloaf.com Community Bake Flatbread challenge. About a year ago another baker on TFL, Tom Passin (Tpassin) posted a yeasted version of this unique style of flatbread here. He goes over some of the history of the bread and has some cool links with videos. There are many ways to make this one with different styles.

Maltese Ftira 

The formula can be found at the link 👇 below 👇 

https://www.thefreshloaf.com/comment/541015#comment-541015

Renamed for the Easter season 

Photo montage process 

The ripe dough culture 

2., 3. Autolysis 

4, 5 The mix

6. Stretch and folds ( Three at 30 minute intervals)

7,8 The lamination (30 minutes from last stretch)

9. Dough ball at beginning of untouched bulk fermentation 

10. The final shape 

I'm enjoying trying corn (maize)-rye blends in a variety of breads.  Today I baked a pair of sourdough boules where 40% of the flour is an equal blend of corn and rye. The baked loaves came out attractive and wonderfully good eating

Pix first, then details.

... also known as Brownittone :D

This time I decided to use cocoa paste, chocolate chips and cashews. In case it fails we can pretend it's a big brownie :D

First slice unfortunately exactly where the skewer was.

These parathas are my first entry to the new flatbread Community Bake.  The flour combination is a little unusual but I thought it should taste good and it does.

Baked today, a simple sourdough loaf made with four ingredients...Canadian organic Marquis wheat flour (fresh milled and sifted), water, salt and starter.  Having this for dinner tonight with visitors from across the border, friends sharing a meal, breaking bread together.  

Gearing up for the flatbread CB, I want to share this post on parathas because it has a good discussion on what you want from your flours for parathas, rotis, and so on:

https://www.seriouseats.com/aloo-paratha