Dan Shernicoff

Baguettes?

The baguette, that classic French bread, is a milestone in every baker’s life. Some achieve it. Some fall flat. Some never try. I tried. I did not succeed, but I learned. Hopefully next time I’ll get it. Or, at the very least, closer. I started out with a recipe I found online at https://myloveofbaking.com/sourdough-baguettes/. ItContinue reading “Baguettes?”

Happy Wednesday!

I know I haven’t written in a while. I’ve got some dough for baguettes working now. My first time. Until then, happy Wednesday.

The last 70% post

A while ago I made the first of my 70% attempts. This is the 5th, and final, one (at least that I’m going to post about.) At some point in the not too distant future I hope to put up a recipe that you can follow but here’s the verdict on my final loaf fromContinue reading “The last 70% post”

Challah if you need me!

I decided it’s been a long time since I made challah. I decided I wanted to try to figure out how to take an existing recipe and adapt it to use my starter. I decided this on Friday morning which meant that I didn’t have a lot of time if I wanted challah on theContinue reading “Challah if you need me!”

Pizza Hardware – the Stone

If you’ve ever been in the kitchen at a professional bakery or seen the oven in a good pizza place you’ll know why the pizza stone is an essential tool in every baker’s life. Professional bread ovens (and pizza ovens are an offshoot of that) have relatively small openings with heat coming from the topContinue reading “Pizza Hardware – the Stone”