Bread Bakin' Bitches - Bitches bakin' bread and other yeasty shit

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Henlo anon from 5 years ago, do you still have all those recipes? I could use something for sourdough (also if you have anything regarding how your bakery maintained their starter)
I think i still have them around somewhere,i have to look on my old harddrive.

We made "natural" sourdough breads, and the starter was super basic, 50g full grain rye flour with 60ml of warm water on the first day, whisk it with a spoon after 12 hours and keep it at a warm place.
mix in 50 g flour and 60ml of water on day 2
same on day 3. always keep it warm, use hand warm water and try not to have to big temp differences
ohh and cook your container before you use it to get it sterile.
the best container is a big jar, use a piece of wet cloth for the first 4 days
on day 4 you can be lucky and it already doubled or you need to give it a 4th feeding.
after that just put them in the fridge and put a lit on it.

If you use wheat, 50 ml water.


for starters, we had one for each day of the week, they need 7 days to regenerate in good conditions, 10 days if you have a colder fridge.
to refresh them you take 1 part dough 1 part warm water and 2 parts flour, let it rest an hour before putting it back in the fridge.


I Will look into my old harddrive for the bread recipes. but you can make pretty much every recipe with this starter, the most important part is using good flour, its a massiv difference
 
I'm awful at making bread but I keep doing it anyway. Made bread last night. Crumbly as fuck and tasted sour. My goal is to get the ideal loaf of fluffy, sweet, white sandwich bread but I fear it may never materialize.
If anyone has any tips it would be appreciated, I can also trade you for tips on how to achieve the perfect soft chocolate chip cookie.
 
I'm awful at making bread but I keep doing it anyway. Made bread last night. Crumbly as fuck and tasted sour. My goal is to get the ideal loaf of fluffy, sweet, white sandwich bread but I fear it may never materialize.
If anyone has any tips it would be appreciated, I can also trade you for tips on how to achieve the perfect soft chocolate chip cookie.
Do you have a Dutch oven? That really fixes everything if you start with the Lahey kneadless recipe.

A long, slow rise in the refrigerator does wonders.

What's funny is this "artisan" style is ridiculously easy to do but gives results like you'd get in an actual bakery from "artisans."

I recently got a bread machine and all its results suck, but I've heard it's just the defaults utterly suck and it's possible to get good results. If not, I'll just use it as a kneader. It's cheaper than a stand mixer if it even does that well.
 
Do you have a Dutch oven? That really fixes everything if you start with the Lahey kneadless recipe.

A long, slow rise in the refrigerator does wonders.

What's funny is this "artisan" style is ridiculously easy to do but gives results like you'd get in an actual bakery from "artisans."
I do have a Dutch oven and have gotten good results from it, I'm just not a fan of the hard crust you end up with so I'm back to loaf pans.
I'll let it rise in the fridge next time, I've either been leaving the dough in a covered bowl on the counter or in the oven with just a little residual heat. Wasn't sure which way you're supposed to do it so thanks for the tip!
 
I'll let it rise in the fridge next time, I've either been leaving the dough in a covered bowl on the counter or in the oven with just a little residual heat. Wasn't sure which way you're supposed to do it so thanks for the tip!
The general rule I follow is for a long, slow rise in the fridge, use very small amounts of yeast, but for a quick rise (generally a kneaded dough) at room temperature, use a lot of yeast. So I might use as little as 1/8 teaspoon for a multi-day cold rise for a no-knead, or as much as 1 teaspoon for a couple hours room temperature rise, or outside in the sun or in a barely warm oven rise. The last two can get a little out of hand if you don't pay attention to them but you can usually punch them down and do a second rise if that happens.
 
Made a cinnamon raisin loaf, I used dried yeast and slow proved it in the fridge overnight because it was getting late. I don't have a stand mixer so I used a hand whisk with dough hook attachments.
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It tastes a bit like a cross between brioche and a croissant, I had it with some butter but didn't want to obscure my cinnamon swirl for the photo. I'm probably going to make some pizza rolls next, but not until I have pepperoni.
 
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I’ve had a bread machine for a few months now and haven’t bought bread since. i usually make white loaves or fruit loaves. I’m going to be doing some science with it soon and see what I can expend to. I love how easily it knocks up pizza dough too.
 
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I'm awful at making bread but I keep doing it anyway. Made bread last night. Crumbly as fuck and tasted sour. My goal is to get the ideal loaf of fluffy, sweet, white sandwich bread but I fear it may never materialize.
If anyone has any tips it would be appreciated, I can also trade you for tips on how to achieve the perfect soft chocolate chip cookie.
This recipe is what I go with most of the time.

The recipe is actually why I’m here. I use one of those cuisinart bread machines because I don’t really have the fridge space for the no-knead recipes. I had my batch from last night only rise about halfway up the pan. The only major changes I can think of are using Kerrygold instead of Whole Foods’s butter and that it was out of the fridge instead of room temp from the dish. Can anyone think of other reasons that might have happened?
 
Does anyone know how to get stuff made with whole wheat flour to come out better? I like to make my stuff, like pie crust and bread, with whole wheat but it never comes out tasting right. I just made a blackberry pie and the filling came out perfectly fine but the crust I made isn't crisp, same with bread. Should I try cooking it longer or should I just give it up and use regular flour?
 
Does anyone know how to get stuff made with whole wheat flour to come out better? I like to make my stuff, like pie crust and bread, with whole wheat but it never comes out tasting right. I just made a blackberry pie and the filling came out perfectly fine but the crust I made isn't crisp, same with bread. Should I try cooking it longer or should I just give it up and use regular flour?
You might need more liquid. Wholemeal needs more hydration than regular flour.

Also try resting it when you bring the dough together for about 30 minutes before you start kneading it. The protein rest will help it develop flavour.
 
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In tried making banana bread, shit came out denser than most lolcows. I think I mixed up baking soda and baking powder. Still no idea wtf is the difference…
 
In tried making banana bread, shit came out denser than most lolcows. I think I mixed up baking soda and baking powder. Still no idea wtf is the difference…
It might need more resting time. I love fruit loaf but when I upped the raisin content it became as dense as a brick. I’ve started added more yeast to compensate.
 
In tried making banana bread, shit came out denser than most lolcows. I think I mixed up baking soda and baking powder. Still no idea wtf is the difference…
Baking soda is pure bicarbonate of soda. Baking powder is baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch. The point of baking soda is quite literally just to be bicarbonate of soda.

The purpose of baking POWDER is that if you add it to flour it makes it self-rising without yeast, because of the reaction of the tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate, which produces bubbles.
 
There are non knead bread recipes. You just have to proof the dough longer
This is the famous one that set off the meme.

I prefer the Dutch oven method. Which is what this is.

You can also do it in a cast iron skillet, but then you need a source of steam in the oven. You can have a glass casserole dish with water in it on the lowest rack or, if you're a lazy bitch (like I often am) just pour it on the floor of the oven (so long as there is not gross stuff down there).
 
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