Today's bake is another using my sour raisin yeast water as the predominant leavening. I also added in a bit of starter at the final mix because the RYW poolish seemed a little sluggish. This was also an overnight cold retard during bulk. I've made this once before at 30% whole grain, so I bumped it up to 40% for today. I think I could go up to 50% and get similar results, but
The final request for the long weekend was a basic "white" sourdough that would be sized well for a toaster. I decided to make a blonde with cross loaf scoring to make it lengthen instead of spread and bloom. I do like the look of the long score with a big bloom, but I must say there's something to be said for the "clean" look of this scoring too. I was due for a starter
There are a number of versions of this bread out there, but I was originally introduced to it by Danni's. For this bake, I wanted to use only Yeast Water for leavening. My YW was refreshed a couple weeks ago and has been resting in the refrigerator. Decided to give it a try without refreshing it.Poolish build went okay. Had decent activity and good froth/bubbles at the
I recently picked up a Mockmill 200 and have started experimenting with fresh milled grain. I have a basic Country Loaf that I make with 15% whole grain. This bake used was my first time using Black Emmer from Janie's Mill. The baked loaf had a nice sour tang. I would say more acetic than lactic, but I'm not sure I can identify the difference yet. The sliced bread definitely
Carmelized Golden Potato BreadThe basis for this bake is Hamelman’s Roasted Potato Bread from Bread (2nd Ed.). This is my second time making it with two tweaks that I thought were minor (but turned out to be a big difference) and also baked at a lower temp this time. I followed the recipe verbatim the first time I made it and used Mr. Hamelman’s suggestion of oven roasting the