sourdough – My Baking Adventures

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?”

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!”

70% – Take 3. Just add gluten.

Today I baked my 3rd attempt at the 70% hydration loaf. Like the first time I did this as a no knead. I’m not going to go into all the details of what I did just highlight the changes. The first change I made (and I made 2 changes) was to replace 15g of theContinue reading “70% – Take 3. Just add gluten.”

Pizza Wednesday!

In my family Wednesday means pizza. Now I’m sure you’re asking yourself, “Today’s Friday. If Wednesday means pizza why wait two days?” The answer to this is simple, Wednesday was my son’s birthday so we juggled things around this week and did pizza Wednesday on Thursday. And I was too exhausted yesterday evening to stringContinue reading “Pizza Wednesday!”