Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
Made a small "half loaf" to see how I like it. 50% Einkorn/50% Bread Flour. Tempting to try but I'll let it cool.
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That looks tasty!
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
It was ok. Finding out I am not crazy about Einkhorn although the 50/50 was better than the straight Einkhorn.
Fair enough. If you get to the point where you don't want to use it, let me know and we can do a flour swap because I have too many different ones.
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
Only a cup left out of a 2lb bag.
It's been too hot to bake for a while, but cooler temps, especially night time told me it was time to get back at it. 2 loaves of olive and Mama Lil's pepper sourdough.
Dough is 25% whole wheat and 78% hydration, excluding the olives and peppers.
What have y'all been baking?
Dough is 25% whole wheat and 78% hydration, excluding the olives and peppers.
What have y'all been baking?
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
Irish scones was the last thing I baked. Hot weather to blame as well. 
I just restarted baking again, now that the heat of the summer is mostly past.
I've been looking for a recipe for white bread (I'm not partial to sourdough) that produces a dough firm enough to yield sandwich-sized loafs without the need for a loaf pan and has a thick, crunchy crust.
Any suggestions?
I've been looking for a recipe for white bread (I'm not partial to sourdough) that produces a dough firm enough to yield sandwich-sized loafs without the need for a loaf pan and has a thick, crunchy crust.
Any suggestions?
You'll get some good responses here I am sure. I think King Arthur has good recipies: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/bread
No knead bread?
I'm very much an amatuer when it comes to baking. I mixed the dough for the loaf pictured:
3 cups King Arthur bread flour
1 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon active yeast (dissolved in warm water)
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoon sugar
there's the basic no knead white bread
This loaf also had
fresh sliced garlic, fresh chopped rosemary, fresh chopped thyme and some sheep milk cheese
What do you mean heavier? Like hearty? Or dense? Or just more mass?
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Simple Crusty White Bread Recipe
Baking a crusty loaf of country-style white bread at home is made simple with a Dutch oven and digital scale.
No-Knead Crusty White Bread
A crusty, golden loaf, moist inside and filled with flavor.
Either of these should turn out what you are looking for.
Great looking pies! And the correct pepperoni!
A couple of focaccia. Fresh mozzarella and black pepper. Onion and rosemary.
Dough mix is:
420 g ABC+
100 g type 00
80 g spelt T85
15 g salt
20 g olive oil
480 g water
120 g starter
Dough mix is:
420 g ABC+
100 g type 00
80 g spelt T85
15 g salt
20 g olive oil
480 g water
120 g starter
A couple more sourdough batards with ~30% whole grain (hard red wheat and khorasan). One loaf coated in sesame seeds. Mostly for this week's breakfasts: 2 slices of toast and cup of yogurt.
Canvsbk
Steelhead
More dense.
You could include some whole grain from grains lower in protein (rye, spelt, Teff, khorasan, etc). The addition of these won't allow the crumb to open up quite as much and be heavier with the extra fiber.
Canvsbk
Steelhead
Thanks for the response. A couple of batches ago I tried a 50/50 mixture of whole wheat and regular bread flour. It certainly had the “ heft “ to it but we didn’t like the taste as much. Still very good but not the best.
I think I’ve gotten spoiled baking bread - the worst I ever made was WAY better than anything store bought. You folks convinced me it was possible and I thank you all!,