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Honey Whole Wheat With Poppy and Lemon

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I was inspired by Janet Cook's gorgeous bake back in 2013 and decided to give it a go. I used my Farmer Ground Flour high-extraction bread flour. The hydration of this loaf is 80%. They smell absolutely amazing! I didn't pre-soak the poppy seeds so the dough felt pretty dry for 80% hydration and I might increase the water slightly next time. I think the crumb is decent for 100% T85. 

Final dough:

Cornmeal Porridge and Shallot Loaf

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I made one HUGE loaf with sauteed shallots and cornmeal porridge (50g of cornmeal and 235g of liquid). Excluding the cornmeal porridge, this loaf was 76% hydration, but with the cornmeal it was an extremely wet dough and a bit tough to handle, but the coil folds and lamination added a lot of strength. The hydration definitely pushed my limits!

Final dough:

bit of everything sourdough-ish babka

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I had planned on making a yeast water bread with a YW I made using crab apples from my parents' yard. I ended up going away for the weekend, which meant my YW build of 100g YW and 160g bread flour got left on the counter for 26 hours. I didn't think I could use it to make bread at that point so I decided to make a hybrid babka recipe. I used 150g T85, 350g BF, 200g of my YW build, and about 40g of unfed sourdough starter along with 1/2 tsp of active yeast (also 95g sugar, 240g milk, and 2 eggs). I pretty much followed the usual recipe from SmittenKitchen otherwise.

Pumpkin and Thyme, 75-ish hydration.

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Objective: Use up a can of pumpkin that's been in the pantry since last year's frenzy of fall baking, ha. 

Levain: 50g refrigerated starter, 100 g water, 100 g AP, overnight at RT (60s nowadays)

Main dough: 500g flour, 200g water (held back about 30g for the salt) 125g canned pumpkin. Autolyse for ~30 mins. Incorporate 10g salt with pinch and squeeze. 

Unsweetened Hokaido Sourdough Milk Bread with Tangzhong

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My very first attempt to make a Hokaido milk bread, but unsweetened. I added some dried rosemary for the aroma, and a little olive oil instead of butter. I didn't use eggs either. The crumb is soft, but not very open, much more akin to a 'normal' sourdough. 

Has anyone tried a savoury version of milk bread?

Crumb shot of unsweetend hokaido milk bread