Homemade bread is a beautiful thing
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baking Any Bread Makers ?
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DOes anyone really rely on the "Windowpane" test here? I've had mixed success with it and I almost think it's somewhat overrated.
It seems too elite. Like, i understand gluten development is proper for bread but holy smokes, my bread dough sure doesn't look like thisSavinaRed said:
samcanadian said:
I've only used it a few times when making pizza dough. I think depending on the type of dough you are making it would be a good idea to use the test, but at the same time once you have experience under your belt, I don't think its necessary.
SavinaRed those are some beautiful loaves ;-)
Now I need to go get a starter going lol.
Cheers all! There are some great-looking loaves here! We bake our own bread here during the cool months, and the oven stone and KitchenAid mixer with dough hook are indispensible! Our favorite everyday loaf is whole wheat with honey and buttermilk. The buttermilk softens the gluten and makes for a very tender crumb and toasts great!
samcanadian said:It seems too elite. Like, i understand gluten development is proper for bread but holy smokes, my bread dough sure doesn't look like this
I am making my own bread (by hand) for a decade now and maybe can make something like that but just with entirely white flour ... like type 400 or 500 (mainly using that for pizzas), what you've call pastry or all-purpose flour (judging by hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour)
my bread making mostly oriented on types 850 to 1600... because I love the smell of more blacker (or wholewheat) breads and loaves... in general I don't want to complicate things
Pepperjack91 said:
indeed it is
the smell and the first bite of fresh bread when it colds off enough ... it's priceless
so yeah .. had to participate with today's baking....
this is my classic bread making .. as simple and fast as it gets
mainly type 1600 flour with some addition of type 800... yeast with water, some salt and olive oil
and yes, beer is not an ingredient
i mix everything up... slowly .. and drink some of that beer
continue by hand when it gets hard to mix with that spoon
when it gets to the way I want it to.... I cover it and let it sit for nearly an hour
after 45mins to 1 hour ... it's ready to split it in half to make two large breads
put them on trays with baking paper .. and let them sit for ... say .... 15 minutes .. then turn the oven on
before baking for almost an hour
and after baking
this is not as good looking as some of your loaves .. but tasty anyway
yup .. gonna have a midnight snack now ...
this is my classic bread making .. as simple and fast as it gets
mainly type 1600 flour with some addition of type 800... yeast with water, some salt and olive oil
and yes, beer is not an ingredient
i mix everything up... slowly .. and drink some of that beer
continue by hand when it gets hard to mix with that spoon
when it gets to the way I want it to.... I cover it and let it sit for nearly an hour
after 45mins to 1 hour ... it's ready to split it in half to make two large breads
put them on trays with baking paper .. and let them sit for ... say .... 15 minutes .. then turn the oven on
before baking for almost an hour
and after baking
this is not as good looking as some of your loaves .. but tasty anyway
yup .. gonna have a midnight snack now ...
I am a freaking bread junkie, one of my favorite things.. But haven't tried to make any in a long time. Well, only ever tried pizza dough and it never came out great, still better than fastfood/frozen but never as good as I hoped. Also my back would start hurting while kneeding... Think I will try again soon though, not just pizza but everything, your guys pics are just drool inducing...
I would marry garlic bread if it was socially acceptable.
I would marry garlic bread if it was socially acceptable.
I just put the marks in the loaf before baking it and misted it once about 20 minutes after it was covered in the oven. After 30 minutes took of the cover of my D.O. and then basted it twice with olive oil for the last 15-20 minutes. That loaf was baked in an old Wagner Drip Drop Baster #9. Some guy was selling it on craigslist for $20.00. I jumped all over it lol.Slizarus said:
JoynersHotPeppers said:
About $100 worth.
YOU"RE RICH!